Legislators made major strides in 2022 to address increases in youth mental health issues. We need to build on this foundation and continue working toward child mental health care reform.
CT’s broken child mental healthcare system needs more reform
Posted inHousing
People who help CT’s homeless are struggling too, report finds
Many frontline workers in Fairfield County and Northwestern CT said they’d taken second jobs, accessed food pantries or gone without food to make ends meet.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT Energy Assistance Program at risk of collapse, distributors say
A program vital to keeping vulnerable citizens warm is costing distributors money and needs immediate reform, industry officials say.
Posted inPartner Content
Abortion bans have delayed emergency medical care. In Georgia, experts say this mother’s death was preventable.
At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
Posted inPolitics
Connecticut 2024 Voter Guide
Your questions about how to vote in CT’s 2024 election answered, plus candidates’ stances on abortion, Israel aid, electric cars and more.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Are profits from charity drug discounts helping or hurting CT patients?
It is time to regulate and reform the 340B drug-pricing program on the federal level.
Posted inEconomic Development
Murphy seeks support for L.I. Sound conservation, ‘blue economy’
Sen. Chris Murphy has laid out a plan with nearly two dozen proposals for new or expanded federal investment in CT’s coastal assets.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: CT pulled out of a multistate offshore wind deal. Why?
WSHU spoke with CT Mirror’s Jan Ellen Spiegel to discuss her article about Connecticut’s opting out of an offshore wind initiative.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Every CT student deserves equal access to education
When students with disabilities face transportation issues that limit the number of in-person classes they take, the playing field isn’t level.
Posted inPolitics
What to know about Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s tax cut
In 2021, Bridgeport officials slashed by 45% the tax assessment on a home Joe Ganim purchased in the Black Rock area. Here’s what to know.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT opts out — for now — of offshore wind, raising concerns about motives
Gov. Ned Lamont says his caution with a new offshore wind commitment is its high cost, but some wonder if politics is at work, too.
Posted inTalking Transportation
From CT to the Green Mountain state –the greenest way
Like so many people, I absolutely love Vermont. But the journey to get there? Well, it’s not my favorite part.
Posted inNews
Tom Condon funeral service set for Sept. 20
The funeral service for Thomas J. Condon is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 20, at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hartford.
Posted inEducation
UConn protest policy updates met with scrutiny
UConn students are facing new policies that could impact their ability to protest, and they’re not all happy about it.
Posted inMoney
GOP leader presses AG to rule on CT budget dispute
Months after CT Democrats left key accounts underfunded, Republicans are still waiting for an opinion on whether the process was legal.