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Jenna is CT Mirror’s Health Reporter, focusing on health access, affordability, quality, equity and disparities, social determinants of health, health system planning, infrastructure, processes, information systems, and other health policy. Before joining CT Mirror Jenna was a reporter at The Hartford Courant for 10 years, where she consistently won statewide and regional awards. Jenna has a Master of Science degree in Interactive Media from Quinnipiac University and a Bachelor or Arts degree in Journalism from Grand Valley State University.

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Anti-abortion advocates call failure of crisis pregnancy center bill an ‘act of God’

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 7, 2019 @ 4:51 pmJuly 20, 2022 @ 12:50 pm

While opponents of a proposal to regulate the state’s crisis pregnancy centers hailed the bill’s defeat, pro-choice advocates vowed to bring it back next year.

Posted inHealth

Lamont: We’ll revisit public option health care issue next year

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 6, 2019 @ 5:22 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

Efforts to push through a revised public option health care bill came “too late” in the legislative session, and Lamont pledged to revive the issue next year.

Posted inHealth

Public option bill, already weakened by debate, dies in the Senate

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 6, 2019 @ 12:23 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:09 am

The bill’s long slog and eventual death caps months of contentious discussion on efforts to change Connecticut’s health care landscape.

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Watered-down public option bill heads to Senate after House approval

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 4, 2019 @ 3:36 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

A deeply diluted version of a public option health care bill moved through the House Tuesday, drawing bipartisan support but abandoning its ambitious goals.

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Lawmakers press for new redevelopment agency in state budget

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 3, 2019 @ 7:31 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

Tucked away in the budget bill is a provision to form the Municipal Redevelopment Authority, a quasi-public agency that could bond for city and town development efforts across Connecticut.

Posted inHealth

Tobacco 21 wins passage in Senate, heads to governor for signing

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Maya Moore May 31, 2019 @ 6:56 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:11 am

The Senate voted Friday to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont, who has pledged to sign the measure.

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Senate revives, then adopts deal on PTSD benefits for first responders

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Jenna Carlesso May 30, 2019 @ 3:47 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:11 am

A day after one bipartisan deal to expand post traumatic stress disorder benefits to first responders bogged down, Democratic and Republican senators approved a revised bill.

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Public option hits rocks, key components stripped from bill

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Mark Pazniokas May 29, 2019 @ 8:23 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

State-sponsored health plans for individuals and small businesses are expected to be removed from the bill, along with a provision to re-establish an individual mandate

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Once again, it’s not easy being green

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel and Jenna Carlesso May 28, 2019 @ 8:52 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

Elaborate plans for an ambitious one-off state incarnation of a green new deal were substantially scaled back when the legislation came to the House floor on Tuesday.

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Union backs away from nursing home strike

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 24, 2019 @ 5:01 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

The state’s largest health care workers’ union has again called off a threat to strike, following a pledge by governor to increase rates for nursing homes.

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Democrats unveil sweeping overhaul of public option bill

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Keith M. Phaneuf May 23, 2019 @ 4:10 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:09 am

The dramatically expanded proposal would establish a state-sponsored plan for individuals and small businesses that don’t have employer-subsidized coverage.

Rep. Joseph Gresko told reporters Tuesday that House Democrats are no longer using containers made of Styrofoam for events. He holds up a container made of pressed sugarcane that the legislators are using instead. Rep., Mike Demicco, co-chairman of the environment committee is at his right.
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Bill would stop restaurants’ use of Styrofoam containers

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kathleen Megan and Jenna Carlesso May 21, 2019 @ 7:55 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

Bills limiting use of plastic straws and single-use plastic bags also advance.

Attorney General William Tong answers questions from the media.
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CT enters legal tussle over Trump administration’s ‘conscience rule’

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 21, 2019 @ 3:34 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

The rule allows health care workers to refuse medical treatment to people, even during emergencies, on religious or moral grounds.

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Lamont backs nursing home rate increases

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Jenna Carlesso May 20, 2019 @ 10:11 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

Three phased-in increases starting in July could avert a threatened strike by nursing home workers.

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As marijuana legalization falters, supporters eye constitutional amendment

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 20, 2019 @ 6:37 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:57 pm

The move, though cumbersome, would put the controversial issue squarely in the hands of voters.

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