More than 40,000 workers were eligible to cast ballots. The outcome will have a major impact on the gridlocked budget debate now consuming the Capitol. Continue Reading →
State workers to finish voting today on concessions deal
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A cartoon primer on how the union concessions vote works
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Beginning last week and continuing through Monday, more than 40,000 unionized state workers are eligible to cast ballots on the tentative concessions deal reached on May 23 by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. This cartoon illustrates how the voting works. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, budget2018, union concessions
New Census estimates: Retirement-age population keeps growing
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Connecticut’s 65-and-up crowd grew from 14.2 to an estimated 16.2 percent of the population from 2010 to 2016, according to Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. Continue Reading →
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Judge: Magnet schools cannot be made more segregated
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Filling empty seats with more black and Hispanic students from Hartford, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday, would erode the Connecticut Supreme Court’s landmark Sheff v. O’Neill desegregation decision, issued nearly 21 years ago, which found Hartford students “suffer daily” from the inequities caused by severe racial isolation. Continue Reading →
Filed under: K-12, Schools/Child Welfare
Latest House Price Index: Connecticut growth continues to lag
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Nationwide, single-family home prices have recouped the stark losses sustained during the Great Recession — not so in Connecticut. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing, CT housing index, CT housing prices
How much do drivers pay at tolls across the country?
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With tolls being eyed in the state legislature, we took a look at some data on how much tolls cost drivers nationwide. Interstate toll roads typically cost drivers about 6 cents per mile, about the same cost as a mile’s worth of gasoline in a late-model passenger car. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Transportation, CT tolls
New database: How your school stacks up on important measures
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Our Your School database provides a broad collection of measures parents can use to judge their child’s school – from where money is spent to class sizes to how often students are disciplined. Today’s release contains data of particular value in evaluating schools’ results with one of the state’s lowest-performing populations – English learners. The Mirror is currently publishing a series of stories examining the teaching of English learners in Connecticut. The second story in that series will appear Tuesday. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Data, K-12, Schools/Child Welfare, CT schools
How does your town fare under Malloy’s revised budget?
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Hartford stands to gain the most with an additional $57 million, followed by Waterbury with $49 million. West Hartford would be the biggest loser, with a proposed cut of $24 million, followed by Milford with a cut of $18 million. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, K-12, Schools/Child Welfare, CT education funding
Malloy would cut local aid deeply to offset eroding CT tax receipts
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has recommended more than $700 million in cuts to municipal aid to help compensate for a $1.5 billion projected decline in state income tax receipts over the next two years. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, Higher Education, K-12, Politics, Schools/Child Welfare, budget2017, Connecticut state budget, Dannel P. Malloy
One option for promoting faster public Internet still on the table
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Updated at 6:30 p.m.
A bill that would have prevented towns from using their reserved space on telephone poles to provide high-speed Internet services to the public failed to gain enough traction to get out of committee this session. That leaves an option on the table for town and municipal officials looking for creative ways to improve the state’s Internet infrastructure. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Data, Politics
Bill would write state’s open-data practices into law
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A bill now in its early stages would put Connecticut’s open data practices — established in an executive order — on the law books for good. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Data
State releases revamped grades for every school – and most drop
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The zero-to-100 grade the state gives every public school and district each year declined for the vast majority of public schools and districts. But the state’s education commissioner said the widespread declines should be seen as part of a recalibration of the grading system. Most students scored better on standardized tests. Continue Reading →
Filed under: K-12, Schools/Child Welfare
Bailing out: How many people are held at each pretrial phase
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There are a number of times when defendants are considered for bail, from police contact through trial, disposition and ultimately sentencing. Here’s how that shook out in 2014. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, bail, bail reform
In Connecticut, a formula helps make bail decisions
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With proposals for bail reform again on the table at the legislature, it’s important to understand how the present system assesses the risk posed by each defendant. It turns out, there’s a formula to help with that. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, bail, bail reform, criminal justice
Get all your election coverage at our Election Headquarters
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We’re your headquarters for Connecticut election news and results, interviews and analysis. Beginning today and through Election Day, the Connecticut Mirror will keep you up to speed on the state’s elections with a special site dedicated to that purpose. Continue Reading →