Federal funding is essential, and reflects the partnership that makes nonprofit services a valuable complement to public agencies, in Connecticut.
Federal dollars benefit CT children and families
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Open government at 50: Principle isn’t practice
The history of CT’s FOI law has been one of gradual erosion as elected officials and special interests found that openness and accountability can get in their way.
Posted inPolitics
With Trump at the wheel, what are CT Democrats to do?
Activists and critics want Democrats to do more to resist Trump and congressional Republicans. Some say Sen. Chris Murphy is doing it right.
Posted inTalking Transportation
New locomotives for CT, batteries included
Electric locomotives will soon be part of Connecticut’s transportation system –if everything goes to plan.
Posted inPolitics
This week at the Capitol: Feb. 24-28, 2025
A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week’s happenings at the Connecticut General Assembly.
Posted inInvestigations
Kosta Diamantis and Chris Ziogas charged in corruption scheme
Kosta Diamantis and Chris Ziogas are charged with conspiring to have a 2020 audit of Helen Zervas’ optometry practice cancelled.
Posted inHealth
CT officials address Medicaid uncertainty as federal cuts loom
Officials highlighted a new report that says CT’s Medicaid spending would have to increase by 24% or $1.5 billion if federal cuts go through.
Posted inHousing
CT bill would eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements
Advocates say the bill would make building housing easier and make better use of land, but opponents worry about the impact on small towns.
Posted inTransportation
CT lawmakers consider 0.05% blood alcohol limit
A bill designed to crack down on drunken driving would reduce CT’s legal blood alcohol content for drivers and boaters from 0.08% to 0.05%.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Abortions sought by out-of-state patients in CT remaining steady
The percentage of abortions provided to out-of-state patients in Connecticut increased slightly from 2023 to 2024, from 4% to 6%.
Posted inHealth
CT legislators mull requiring homemaker companion worker training
Homemaker companion agencies have ballooned in number over the last decade as more people choose to age at home, but are largely unregulated.
Posted inMoney
CT’s spending cap battle was years in the making
With pandemic aid nearly gone, CT officials’ efforts to re-embrace the spending cap is coming at the worst possible time for many.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Lawmakers: Increase access to biomarker testing
Insurance coverage of biomarker testing has not kept pace with the speed of medical innovation, contributing to significant disparities in who is benefiting.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT must find new ways to pay for the energy transition
The state and all related stakeholders need to stop arguing and collaborate to find out new ways of funding this necessary statewide investment.
Posted inHealth
Bill would allow ‘baby boxes’ for parents to relinquish infants
A bill that would allow parents to relinquish their infants in temperature-controlled chambers at hospitals could unleash a slew of issues.