CT’s grant will open the door to a $100 million digital infrastructure project officials likened to the electrification of homes.
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Posted inHousing
Housing advocacy group announces priorities for legislative session
The group wants legislators to take up zoning reform, eviction protection and a new fund to reward towns for building affordable housing.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT defense companies likely to get boost from federal spending bill
CT’s submarine and aerospace companies and suppliers could see major investments in workforce and supply chain development.
Posted inInvestigations
CT DOC chief: Hotel program abuse could lead to criminal charges
Commissioner Angel Quiros said corrections staff who his agency finds abused a COVID hotel program will face criminal charges.
Posted inJustice
Connecticut to get $127M from CVS, Walgreens in opioid settlement
The money is part of a $10.7 billion settlement. CVS will pay $5 billion over 10 years and Walgreens will pay $5.7 billion over 15 years.
Posted inHousing
Evicted: How one ninth-grader navigated new obstacles
Loryann, 16, knows she has trouble adjusting. She was a bit behind her peers and struggles with anxiety. And then, her family was evicted.
Posted inHousing
Evictions are surging, and children often pay the price
The rise in evictions is having a huge impact on children’s health and education, disrupting life and families and leaving children to worry.
Posted inGovernment
CT State Pier construction manager, contracts to face state scrutiny
State officials plan to investigate how one company was able to recommend itself for over $87 million in work at the State Pier in New London.
Posted inEconomic Development
Recreational pot will go on sale in CT Jan. 10
Adults can buy recreational pot in CT starting Jan. 10 at nine dispensaries that got the OK to convert from a medical to hybrid retail model.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont may go alone in seeking end to ownership of AR-15s in CT
CT Gov. Ned Lamont intends to pursue repealing the exemption that allows residents to possess AR-15s bought before the ban on sales.
Posted inPolitics
Ahead of Sandy Hook anniversary, a push for assault weapons ban
Gun violence survivors joined CT politicians to call on the Senate to restore the federal assault weapons ban, which is unlikely to pass.
Posted inGovernment
Lamont and state police union: New contract should boost recruitment
A tentative contract deal with the CT state police union is designed to improve trooper recruitment and retention, Gov. Ned Lamont said.
Posted inMoney
Lamont official: Heating aid grants for many families will increase
Heating aid grants for many families will increase this winter but Republicans say the effort doesn’t go far enough.
Posted inJustice
CT’s ‘clean slate law’ faces delay, and supporters yearn for answers
Full implementation of the CT law, which will erase misdemeanors and certain felonies from some people’s records, is pushed to late 2023.
Posted inHealth
Deidre Gifford appointed head of CT health strategy office
Andrea Barton Reeves, of the CT Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority, will replace Gifford at the Department of Social Services.
