Lisa Tepper Bates, point person for housing and retail development near public transportation, is leaving to lead United Way of Connecticut.
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 inEducation
Here’s how much extra state aid your school district is getting to open during COVID
Most schools aren’t getting nearly what they’ve said they require to reopen safely during COVID.
Posted inHousing, Money
Lamont extends eviction moratorium for tenants behind on rent
Extending the ban on evictions will require Lamont to declare a new public health emergency or seek legislative support.
Posted inHousing, Money
COVID rental assistance program vastly oversubscribed
The funding was supposed to help 2,500 people pay rent, but 3,900 people have qualified – so far.
Posted inEducation
Gov. Lamont is pushing local leaders to open school buildings. CT’s largest district decided against it.
New Haven Public Schools – where one out of every 26 students in Connecticut is enrolled – is going remote.
Posted inHealth
Report offers clues to what went wrong in lethal COVID outbreak in nursing homes
Without placing blame, report says missteps by the state and industry contributed to Connecticut’s high rate of nursing home deaths.
Posted inHousing
Few qualify for state housing assistance – and a crisis looms
Eleven hundred people call the state every day seeking help with their rent. Only 170 get it.
Posted inEducation
Lamont doubled down on opening schools – but says the state won’t enforce it
The Governor pushed back verbally against continuing teacher protests but continued walking back state power to mandate reopening.
Posted inEducation
State aims to provide students with universal internet and computer access during pandemic
The state will purchase 50,000 laptops and pay internet bills for 60,000 students to close Connecticut’s digital divide.
Posted inEducation
A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools. Could holding live, online classes lure them back?
At least 137,000 students didn’t show up for remote schooling last spring. Educators don’t want a repeat in the fall.
Posted inEducation
Additional cost to reopen CT schools during a pandemic: $420 million
See how much extra your district expects to spend when schools reopen in September.
Posted inEducation
Connecticut leaves it to local districts whether to reopen schools full-time
In a switch, the state will not dictate how instruction will be offered, leaving that to local school systems.
Posted inEducation
The governor says it’s safe to reopen schools, but will teachers return?
The governor wants schools to reopen next month but teachers’ unions are making costly demands amidst safety concerns.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont, legislators agree on July agenda. It doesn’t include housing segregation.
Housing advocates have been trying to seize the moment, pushing a reluctant legislature to think more broadly about racism.
Posted inEducation
Here’s how much education students lost when schools closed
One-in-25 students didn’t participate at all in online classes. That’s 137,000 children who lost learning.
