Housing authorities say they’re helping the poor find good homes. But Section 8 voucher holders say the process is “hell.”
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
Jacqueline was CT Mirror’s Education and Housing Reporter, and an original member of the CT Mirror staff, joining shortly before our January 2010 launch. Her awards include the best-of-show Theodore A. Driscoll Investigative Award from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in 2019 for reporting on inadequate inmate health care, first-place for investigative reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association in 2020 for reporting on housing segregation, and two first-place awards from the National Education Writers Association in 2012. She was selected for a prestigious, year-long Propublica Local Reporting Network grant in 2019, exploring a range of affordable and low-income housing issues. Before joining CT Mirror, Jacqueline was a reporter, online editor and website developer for The Washington Post Co.’s Maryland newspaper chains. Jacqueline received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University and a master’s in public policy from Trinity College.
Posted inEconomic Development, Housing
Two lawmaker-landlords and two philosophies on housing policy
An exchange between two state lawmakers who also happen to be landlords shows the divide on rental housing policy.
Posted inHealth
Five things to know about coronavirus and what state is doing to prepare
“Connecticut is ready, and we’ve been ready for a while,” Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday.
Posted inEducation, Money, Politics
Salary battle prompts new questions about privacy rules for education partnership
A plan to pay the head of CT’s new education partnership more than $300,000 has prompted renewed questions about the program’s exemption from FOI laws.
Posted inMoney
Fiscal cure sought for UConn Health
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration is questioning whether the state can afford to continue subsidizing the public teaching hospital.
Posted inEducation
State aid: see how your town fares in the governor’s budget
Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget proposal provides an additional $38 million for the state’s primary education grant. See whether your town wins or loses under the budget proposed Feb. 5 for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
Posted inEducation
Governor touts education aid. But will it be used to improve schools or close deficits?
Gov. Ned Lamont said students will benefit from the $38 million boost to education funding in his budget, but local officials whose schools are running deficits say the state needs to do more.
Posted inEconomic Development
Lamont to propose millions for affordable housing construction
The governor is planning a sizable investment in affordable housing, but said he is not prepared to submit legislation tackling the state’s high housing costs.
Posted inEducation
Lamont touts federal funding for child care ahead of his budget address
The income limit for Connecticut’s child care subsidy program is going up thanks to federal funding.
Posted inPolitics
Some Senate Democrats still publicly hedge on tolls
We asked the seven Senate Democrats whose votes on truck tolls have been in question. Here’s what they said.
Posted inEducation
Public schools receive report cards from state
The majority of the state’s public schools earned a better grade on the Next Generation rating system than last year.
Posted inEducation
Federal lawsuit challenging school racial quotas is withdrawn
A settlement in the Sheff vs. O’Neill case rendered the Pacific Legal Foundation’s lawsuit irrelevant.
Posted inMoney
‘Right to Housing’ gains traction among top legislators heading into the session
‘Right to Housing’ is a popular concept in Europe, but it’s yet to gain traction in the U.S.
Posted inEducation
Community college tuition to remain flat under new plan
But students who attend the four regional state universities will likely face a 3.8% tuition increase next year.
Posted inInvestigations
Lamont, other Connecticut officials vow to take on housing segregation
In one of the most segregated states in the nation, the governor and legislators are calling for new measures to entice towns to build more affordable housing.
