You don’t have to meet some dealer down at the end of the alley anymore: for many teens, access to drugs is just a text away.
They tried to take my hero
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The closet is a dangerous place to hide LGBTQ+ abuse
You don’t have to understand every nuance of gender or sexuality to understand this: no one deserves to be homeless because a shelter won’t take them.
Posted inMoney
Lamont: CT savings habits are paying big dividends
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.
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 inPartner Content
HUD withdraws homelessness care funding notice right before hearing on two lawsuits
The Trump administration had planned to slash the amount of grant funds for permanent housing and instead focus on transitional housing.
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 inStudent Voice
Feeding minds, but not students
If Connecticut truly wants its students to succeed, every child should have access to nutritious meals at school.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
How to fix our broken healthcare system
If you analyze the various plans, it will quickly become apparent that Access Health CT is basically nothing more than a broken single-payer system.
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 inPartner Content
Trump admin. to officially scrap Biden student loan forgiveness program
Dept. of Ed. would not enroll new borrowers in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, deny any pending applications and place borrowers in the plan into repayment.
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.