Seventeen years have elapsed since our long-term care insurance acquisition. During this time, our premium has increased 92% and our coverage is less.
Our story of the CT long-term care insurance ‘crisis’
Posted inPolitics
In CT, Republicans seek a closer alignment with Trump
Many bills raised by the CT GOP won’t pass, but they make a statement about the party’s identity as it tries to reverse a string of losses.
Branded Storytelling
Health insurance subsidies due to end December 2025
If Congress doesn’t act soon, Connecticut families could face up to a $3,000 annual increase in health insurance costs. Enhanced subsidies, which made coverage more affordable, are set to expire, potentially raising premiums, reducing coverage, and increasing the uninsured rate, leading to poorer health outcomes for many residents.
Posted inTalking Transportation
How about privatized rail service?
As President Trump upends the way things are done in D.C., I have a suggestion: why not privatize Amtrak?
Posted inPartner Content
Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite court order
The attorneys general have asked the Trump administration to immediately restore funds until the preliminary injunction motion can be heard.
Posted inPolitics
This week at the Capitol: Feb. 3-7, 2025
A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week at the Connecticut General Assembly.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
EPA funding freeze stirs confusion around New Haven geothermal project
For several days, New Haven officials couldn’t access the money needed to continue work on a geothermal project underneath Union Station.
Posted inMoney
Lamont wants to dip into opioid settlement to fund social services
Despite a CT law ensuring the money would be used to counteract the epidemic, Lamont wants to tap into it to pay for social service programs.
Posted inImmigration
In Hartford, a judge welcomes new American citizens on Fridays
In a time of much uncertainty in the federal bureaucracy, many still reach the end of their paths to citizenship in a Hartford courtroom.
Posted inHousing
CT plan centers climate change in conservation, development
The plan, which the state updates every five years, also takes a new approach to resource allocation by focusing on CT’s ‘activity zones.’
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Public universities seek dangerous blanket FOIA exemption
CT SB1226 aims to block access to virtually all activity conducted by public universities by making them exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
What does CT import from Canada, Mexico and China?
Connecticut imports billions of dollars in goods from Canada, Mexico, and China, and the prices of some could be affected by new tariffs.
Posted inPartner Content
Enfield GOP, Dems disagree on what killed town DEI committee
Three days after President Donald Trump moved to end federal DEI initiatives, Enfield ended its DEI committee in a party-line town council vote.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
An attack on more than pronouns
Federal workers, you’re at the front of this assault on democracy. Stay strong. We need you.
Posted inStudent Voice
We must tell the truth about fracking
Fracking seems like a quick fix for our energy needs, but it disproportionately harms marginalized communities.