Rep. Jahana Hayes argued provisions in the bill are ‘direct attacks on our youngest generation’ based on implications for education and SNAP.
CT officials voice concern as ‘big beautiful bill’ set to become law
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Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
A Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
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Was Lyme disease first identified in Connecticut?
Lyme disease was first identified in 1975. In 2023, CT ranked among the top 10 states for reported Lyme disease cases nationally.
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A CT violence interruption group traded paperwork for an app. It’s been transformational
COMPASS, a CT violence interruption group, uses an app to respond to at-risk young people in real time. It’s been transformational.
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CT Rail, Metro-North fares set to rise by 10%
The DOT said the hike is needed to fill a gap between how much money the agency requested for rail services and what the CT budget included.
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CT gave permission to dump poison in the CT River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start injecting diquat dibromide, an herbicide banned in the European Union, into public rivers and lakes.
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Chronic homelessness –we are the problem
We judge the unhoused, we criticize, we don’t want to pay for them, and we don’t want them in our back yard, even if they have been our neighbor all along.
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CT’s fiscal guardrails are a tax on the public good
We should start calling the fiscal guardrails what they are: a regressive tax.
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Qué saber sobre las ciudades de CT catalogadas como jurisdicciones ‘santuario’
CT, además de seis de sus municipios, figuraban en una lista federal designados como jurisdicciones “santuario”. Esto es lo que debe saber.
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CT employee union takes Lamont to arbitration after no raise offer
After the unit announced its plans, SEBAC said it ‘would not expect a single one of our units to accept’ Lamont’s wage freeze proposal.
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PODCAST: Immigration lawyer shortage puts pressure on CT’s courts
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Renata Daou to discuss her article, “A lack of immigration lawyers in CT means big court backlogs.”
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CT will boost rental assistance, study corporate landlords amid housing crunch
Despite Lamont’s veto of H.B. 5002, several other laws signed this year will help more people find affordable places to live.
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Trump administration holds back nearly $7 billion in K-12 funds
The Trump administration is withholding nearly $7 billion for education that has been approved by Congress and was supposed to go out starting July 1.
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A CT child tax credit in 2026? Advocates vow to resume battle
Advocates say new reports will help make their case for a CT child tax credit by emphasizing hefty tax burdens and a high cost of living.
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The unequal burden of food insecurity and allergies
Reductions in funding to SNAP, WIC, and school meal programs threaten to reverse progress and will disproportionately affect marginalized communities, including those managing food allergies.