A number of state initiatives have been launched in the last two years along with the formation of legislative committees, but many question whether they will do enough, quickly enough, to provide meaningful help to the hundreds of homeless children in a state whose cost of living is among the highest in the country.
2014 CT Mirror Projects: Homeless Children
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Malloy continues undeclared re-election bid
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stopped just short on Monday of conceding to John Dankosky, host of WNPR’s “Where We Live,” that his re-election campaign – though unannounced – is already under way.
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Malloy stifles his inner Bloomberg
New Haven — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is a fitness buff who watches his diet, but no one should expect him to endorse a 2 percent tax on soda proposed by the ally he successfully backed last fall for election as this city’s mayor, Toni Harp. “I wouldn’t hold my breath,” Malloy said. He added, […]
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Malloy, Wyman celebrate Access Health CT milestone
New Haven — Access Health CT, the state-run health insurance exchange created as part of the Affordable Care Act, celebrated a milestone Monday: Passing its self-imposed goal of signing up 100,000 residents and small businesses for health coverage.
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Presidential popular vote advocates lobbying CT GOP
The National Popular Vote campaign is back in Connecticut, one of the 38 states ignored in 2012 by the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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For CT adults with developmental disabilities, housing help unlikely until parents die
Scott Langner, who has developmental disabilities, autism and a seizure disorder, had looked forward to living in an apartment with friends. Now he’s wary of it because, as a result of state budget cuts, he’s unlikely to get assistance with housing until his parents die.
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Primary care providers accepting Medicaid doubled since 2011
Payment rates to primary care providers who see Medicaid patients rose dramatically in 2013, and so did the number of providers participating in the program.
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Connecticut’s budget skirmishing begins
What? You haven’t read every CT Mirror story on the opening of the 2014 legislative session?
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Connecticut sheds daily operations of Windham schools
Four years after the state took over Windham Public Schools amid concerns about low achievement and a divided locally elected school board, the state has agreed to return day-to-day operation to local officials.
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Eick gives GOP a second candidate for treasurer
Bob Eick, a partner in the Stamford investment firm of CRT Capital Group, announced Friday he has filed papers to seek the Republican nomination for state treasurer.
Posted inEducation, Money
Malloy budget chief: We want to spend more on colleges than proposed
The governor’s budget director said Friday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $60 million spending proposal aimed at renovating and upgrading the buildings at the state’s largest public college system is just a down payment on what’s really needed.
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Op-ed: Invest in Connecticut’s children
Over the past two decades, Connecticut has committed less and less of its budget to young people.
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DSS would get more workers under Malloy plan
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget includes 103 new staff positions for the state Department of Social Services, which has faced litigation alleging that it doesn’t have enough workers to process Medicaid applications within the required timeframe.
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Analyzing Malloy’s budget? The Mirror invites you to annotate
Are you an accountant, nonprofit, lawmaker or just an interested reader who has been dissecting Gov. Malloy’s 2014 budget since its release Thursday afternoon? If so, The Mirror invites you to join the community, dissect and annotate. This is how:
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Blumenthal, DeLauro try to stop flood insurance increases
Washington – Saying more than 18,000 Connecticut homeowners will be socked with soaring flood insurance premiums, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Rosa DeLauro are pressing the House of Representatives to pass a bill that would stop those hikes.