CT has a dearth of high-quality early childhood education programs. A home-based provider in New Haven is among those aiming to change that.
Ginny Monk
Ginny, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, is a member of CT Mirror’s investigative team and previously served as the outlet's housing and children’s issues reporter. Ginny grew up in Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas’ Lemke School of Journalism in 2017. She began her career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette where she covered housing, homelessness, juvenile justice, and investigations. Along the way Ginny was awarded a 2019 Data Fellowship through the Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. She moved to Connecticut in 2021 and covered housing for Hearst CT.
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Child Advocate Sarah Eagan resigns
Connecticut’s Child Advocate Sarah Eagan announced her resignation Thursday after more than a decade in the position.
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CT agency aimed at increasing housing convenes, picks director
The MRDA aims to help CT municipalities increase housing stock. Advocates have said the agency will be helpful but is not a final solution.
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Are CT fair rent commissions effective? Bloomfield case tests limits
As fair rent commissions in towns across CT start hearing cases, some have run into questions about how to ensure landlords abide by their rulings.
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Did a CT advocacy group’s email violate campaign finance law? SEEC investigating
The complaint claims CT169Strong illegally assisted one of its members, who is running for the CT House, with a message it sent in an email.
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State agencies’ failure to coordinate quickly led to summer food aid delay
Coordination among state agencies took ‘longer than anticipated,’ resulting in CT missing the June deadline, officials acknowledged Monday.
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CT delayed in giving out summer grocery benefit for kids
CT expected to distribute the benefits, which are designed to combat food insecurity while children lack access to school meals, on Sunday.
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CT DOH official opposed ‘fair share’ housing policy, emails show
Internal emails reveal opposition to a policy that would put affordable housing requirements on CT towns, raising concerns from some lawmakers.
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Killingly mental health care expansion could end CT investigation
CT education officials are working to settle with Killingly after hearing from a mental health provider that services are set to expand.
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Watertown attorneys claim landlord is liable in fatal fire lawsuit
Watertown attorneys have asked a judge to “implead” a landlord into a wrongful death suit against the town filed by Joshua DeJesus’ mother.
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A fatal fire, an illegal apartment and a closed investigation
Joshua DeJesus died when the house he lived in, owned by the father of a state representative, burned down in 2022. No charges were filed.
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CT house prices up nearly 10% over last year, report says
A report showed every state saw housing prices rise in the first quarter of 2024. CT came in seventh with a nearly 10% increase over last year.
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CT housing progress isn’t ‘meeting the moment,’ lawmakers say
The failure of two bills left CT advocates and lawmakers frustrated with the slow progress of policies designed to expand affordable housing.
Posted inHealth
For some CT kids, the mental health care system is struggling
With wait lists for care, workforce shortages and long stays in short-term care homes, some say CT’s child mental health system is crumbling.
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CT ‘fair share’ study delayed; won’t be ready before 2025 session
CT mandated the study of a proposal to assign each town a number of housing units to plan and zone for. But finding a contractor was delayed.