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Kyle Constable
Read Gov. Wilbur Cross’ 1936 Thanksgiving Proclamation
On Nov. 12, 1936, Connecticut Gov. Wilbur L. Cross issued a Thanksgiving proclamation that remains widely shared to this day for its enduring message of hope and renewal. In that same spirit, we are sharing his words again today.
Two months, $140K goal: CT Mirror kicks off NewsMatch 2022 campaign
The Connecticut Mirror’s most important fundraiser of the year is underway. Here’s what you need to know.
CT Mirror launches mobile app to provide real-time alerts
The Connecticut Mirror has launched an official mobile app to help you keep up with the latest stories, opinions and more on CTMirror.org.
Meet CT Mirror’s largest-ever intern class
Over the next 14 weeks, five interns will work to strengthen CT Mirror’s reporting and expand our reach to new audiences.
How well do you know Connecticut politics? Take our 2021 legislative session quiz!
So you think you know what happened at the state Capitol this legislative session? Take our quiz and find out.
For CT, strides and stumbles in quest to spur bioscience industry
Connecticut is losing more bioscience jobs than it is gaining, despite a sizable jump in research and development jobs over the last three years. Alexion’s departure is the latest in a line that has undercut bioscience growth. Nonetheless, many say New Haven is nearing a “critical mass” after years of effort by Yale and a new cluster is emerging in Farmington after more than $1 billion in state investment.
Opioid crisis deepens as Malloy again signs legislation to curb it
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation Thursday aimed at curbing the growing opioid epidemic in Connecticut, days after the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported that an average of nearly three Connecticut residents are dying every day from accidental drug intoxication.
As Trump decides on DACA, immigrant youth make final push
Updated at 4:29 p.m.
With a decision from the White House expected soon, immigrant youths and their advocates made one last push in Hartford Wednesday to convince President Donald J. Trump to maintain their protected status.
Access Health again extends deadline for insurers to decide on 2018
The two remaining insurers on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange will have an extra week – until Sept. 15 – to decide whether to continue selling plans through the exchange’s individual marketplace next year.
As Harvey pounds Texas, CT sends Air National Guard to help
The 103rd Airlift Wing, known as “the Flying Yankees,” is sending eight airmen and a C-130 Hercules cargo plane to help in supply efforts.
As state loosens affordable housing rules, Milford does the same
Updated Monday at 3:54 p.m.
MILFORD — Twenty-two days after the General Assembly voted to loosen the state’s affordable housing standards despite the governor’s objections, at least one community is following suit.
With UConn’s campus now open, Hartford asks, ‘What’s next?’
While plenty of smaller projects are still underway, the grand opening of the University of Connecticut’s new Hartford branch campus means for the first time in more than a decade there is a lull in major redevelopment downtown.
As UConn returns, a chapter in Hartford’s history is completed
HARTFORD — For nearly a half-century, the University of Connecticut has had no place to call its own in the state’s capital city. Today that changes as Connecticut’s flagship university opens the doors of its new $140-million downtown branch campus on Prospect Street.
Malloy scolds CT Republicans for silence on Trump
Updated at 8 p.m.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy denounced Republicans on Thursday for suggesting they were too focused on Connecticut’s fiscal issues to repudiate President Trump’s mixed message about the hate groups that marched in Virginia last weekend and the demonstrators who opposed them.