The rights we now have in CT are threatened by Project 2025’s plan to push the FDA to reverse approval of mifepristone and misoprostol.
CT should stockpile abortion meds
Posted inHealth
Saint Francis settles lawsuit alleging anticompetitive practices by Hartford HealthCare
The suit claimed Hartford HealthCare engaged in anticompetitive behavior by buying local practices and obtaining exclusive equipment rights.
Posted inInvestigations
Connecticut DMV and top lawmakers vow to review towing laws
Plans to reform towing laws in the 2025 legislative session follow a CT Mirror/ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Kelly, Rep. Conley expected to leave General Assembly
Kelly anticipates a nomination as a Superior Court judge; and Conley as an administrative judge on the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Posted inMoney
Treasurer: CT saves big by not stashing transportation funds
CT Treasurer Erick Russell said he will ask legislators to cap the Special Transportation Fund’s emergency reserve at 18% of the STF.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
A new look at Connecticut’s fiscal rules
Connecticut is rapidly approaching a self-imposed budget cliff: without adjustments to the law, policymakers will be compelled to make deep cuts to current services.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The guardrails violate the majority vote rule
The CT Constitution does not authorize the General Assembly to deny a majority of the House and Senate the right to amend budget laws– except for the limited circumstance of the constitutional state spending cap.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Inadequate sex ed in CT schools harms students
When we teach our kids how to stay safe and healthy in sexual relationships, we are setting them up for success as adults.
Posted inPolitics
CT delegation reflects on Jan. 6 riot as Congress certifies Trump win
Connecticut lawmakers who were at the U.S. Capitol when rioters broke in four years ago say it serves as a reminder about the ‘fragility of our democracy.’
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: CT laws favor tow companies, hurt low-income drivers
CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari discuss his story, written with Ginny Monk and Haru Coryne of ProPublica, about a decades-old towing law.
Posted inPolitics
In public and private, time for Biden, Dodd to look back
Chris Dodd, the white-haired former senator from Connecticut, was in a wistful mood during a late afternoon chat Friday for many reasons, one being the 50th anniversary of the day he took his first oath as a member of Congress. Dodd spoke by phone from his law office a mile from the White House, a […]
Posted inAnnouncements
Robert DiGioia joins CT Mirror as first director of revenue
DiGioia will oversee event and marketing deliverables in addition to advertising and sponsorship sales in a newly-created role.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Transit-oriented development can help Connecticut’s struggling branch lines
Towns on Metro-North’s branch lines seem determined to stifle new housing development, which in turn delays investment in the rail system.
Posted inGovernment
CT’s 2025 legislative session begins this week. Here’s what to expect
The Connecticut legislature will see a Democratic majority, debates over the state’s ‘fiscal guardrails,’ a new committee and more in 2025.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Threats are no way to win the CT energy rate war
While utility companies claim they want collaboration, their actions of late tell a different story.