May is “National Mental Health Awareness Month.” Across the country organizations will work to raise awareness in an effort to reduce stigma.

Pediatric mental health services are about to undergo a much needed transformation in Connecticut. Because of a recent bill, PA 13-178, the delivery of mental health services for children in Connecticut are being reviewed and redesigned.  The bill was passed last July to develop a “comprehensive” plan to improve child and adolescent mental health care […]

Many Connecticut residents, particularly those who identify as racial or ethnic minorities or who live in historically-disadvantaged neighborhoods, face astonishingly high unemployment rates. In New Haven, unemployment ranges from 3 percent in high-income neighborhoods such as Westville and East Rock, to 20 percent in low- income neighborhoods such as Dixwell, Newhallville, and the Hill — and “underemployment” rates are often twice these figures.

With CTFastrak, Connecticut’s dedicated busway between Hartford and New Britain, the state has a chance to re-invent itself and its future by building communities that support, encourage and use non-auto methods of transport.

A recent set of studies from the University of Connecticut aptly describes the ills of urban parking and how it affects the landscape of downtown Hartford. Surface parking now covers 22 percent of the land in downtown Hartford, and “entire blocks have been turned from human-scale building fronts to expansive surface lots.” Why does Hartford […]

Garvin G. Ambrose During the nearly six months spent working zealously on the Task Force on Victim Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know, I developed a sincere level of respect and appreciation for the passion that James Smith displayed for the Freedom of Information laws.  It is regretful, however, that his passion continues to […]