As of February 2025, federal agencies have awarded $473.3 million for 76 state, local and other projects in CRCOG’s region.
Federal funding is crucial for a prosperous CT capital region
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Literacy rates of children in CT are declining
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, CT children’s literacy has decreased significantly, with only 64% of students reading at grade level in 2022, down from 70% in 2019.
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Bold action needed to further reduce CT overdose deaths
Overdose prevention centers can save the lives and improve the health and well-being of people addicted to drugs – especially opioids like fentanyl and its analogs.
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CT opens manufacturing training center at Tunxis amid skepticism
The manufacturing center at CT State Tunxis is finally open. But some people worry about its long-term funding and CT’s overall efforts.
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WATCH: In the Room with Gov. Ned Lamont
CT Mirror’s John Dankosky sat down with Gov. Ned Lamont on March 26 at the University of Hartford’s Millard Auditorium.
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In CT, 10-year-olds can be arrested. A bill would raise the age to 14
Under the bill, children ages 10 to 14 would be referred to a Juvenile Review Board, designed to keep young people out of the court system.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
A black bear hunt in CT? Legislators are considering it, again
A bill would require CT to establish a bear hunting season and prescribe the methods of hunting, the fees and number of bears to be killed.
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“Trabaja, Vive, Viaja” regresa a la agenda legislativa en CT
Qué saber sobre el proyecto de ley cuyo objetivo es crear más viviendas y desarrollo cerca de las paradas de transporte público en CT.
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West Haven highlights dangers of illegal basement, attic apartments
Their prevalence became clear in 2023, when just over half of West Haven’s fires were in areas that shouldn’t have had people living there.
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What Maria Ressa can teach Americans
Now a professor at Columbia University, she has warned of parallels from the Philippines that she sees in some actions taken by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
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Climate Change Superfund Act –another costly tax on businesses, consumers
We should be enacting policies that make it easier for businesses and families to thrive and succeed—not punishing the industries that drive our economy.
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Use evidence, not conspiracy theories, to make America’s kids healthy
It is impossible to meaningfully discuss improving children’s health without acknowledging the immense impact that poverty plays.
Posted inCities & Towns
Have CT towns benefited under Lamont? Depends on whom you ask
Gov. Ned Lamont said communities have benefited greatly under his leadership. The lobbying group for municipalities disagrees.
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Advocates want video of J’Allen Jones’ death in CT prison released
Jones died at Garner Correctional Institution after being pepper sprayed, restrained, struck and forcibly moved by correction workers.
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Mia Love, first Black Republican woman to serve in Congress, dies at 49
Love, who was raised in Connecticut and attended the University of Hartford, represented Utah’s 4th District from 2015 to 2019.