Officials said next year’s pension payment would have been $857 million more if CT hadn’t put $10 billion into its pensions in recent years.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment
Marissa Gillett, ex-PURA chair, facing $1,000 fine over FOI request
The recommendation came in response to a complaint filed by Eversource last year, which accused PURA of withholding records.
Posted inHealth
Access Health CT enrollment steady, despite in-flux ACA subsidies
Federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans could soon be cut, but enrollment in CT is at nearly the same level as last year.
Posted inJustice
Report: Youths face ‘alarming’ isolation in CT’s adult prisons
Young men in CT’s adult prisons have endured conditions that have caused downward mental health spirals, the Child Advocate reported.
Posted inEducation
CT multilingual student enrollment down; Advocates cite ICE fears
Fewer English language learners are enrolled in CT public schools. Some advocates are citing families’ fears of immigration enforcement.
Posted inImmigration
Blumenthal questions actions of federal immigration agents
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal cast a spotlight Tuesday on what he described as “troubling patterns of conduct” by federal immigration agents
Posted inHealth
Blumenthal, CT nurses decry reduced loan caps for advanced degree programs
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminates a program that allowed graduate students to take out federal loans up to the full cost of tuition.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking wind energy development
Judge said the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was ‘arbitrary and capricious’ and violates US law.
Posted inHealth
A billion-dollar plan to bolster rural health in CT
DSS requested the funds for its 5-year plan from the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is part of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Posted inHuman Services
Mimi Torres-García estate accuses DCF of negligence, seeks $100M
The estate of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-García is seeking to sue DCF for alleged negligence and for allegedly failing to protect her sister.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont frames controversial housing bill as key to an affordable CT
The ceremonial signing of HB8002 was a part of a campaign narrative casting the governor’s June veto of a housing bill as key to its revision.
Posted inMoney
Borrowing for transportation on Lamont chopping block
Stagnant fuel and sales tax revenues mean CT will have to roll back plans to boost transportation borrowing, according to a new report.
Posted inGovernment
Rep. Jim Himes wants Venezuela boat strike video made public
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes was one of only a handful of lawmakers authorized to view the classified video of deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean.
Posted inHuman Services
About 36K in CT are at risk of losing SNAP benefits. Here’s what to know.
Cuts to SNAP in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will affect thousands of people, who could lose coverage between Dec. 1 and March 31.
Posted inPolitics
Erin Stewart is testing CT GOP’s appetite for ‘something different’
Is Connecticut’s Grand Old Party ready to be led by a firefighter’s salty daughter? Erin Stewart is betting it is.
