CT Mirror Reporter Ginny Monk received the Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism on Wednesday during the 2023 Nonprofit News Awards.
CT Mirror reporter wins national award for series on evictions
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Charting Connecticut: Big jump in calls to CT’s suicide hotline
The number of CT calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline increased by about 62% in one year, a change attributed to the shorter number.
Posted inPolitics
Q Poll: Most Americans say Trump should be prosecuted
About 54% think Trump should be prosecuted on criminal charges, according to the Quinnipiac poll. But the split is highly partisan.
Posted inEspañol
Cientos de trabajadores con discapacidad en Connecticut ganan menos del salario mínimo. Esto es lo que debes saber.
Esto es lo que debe saber sobre la exención del salario mínimo para personas con discapacidades en Connecticut.
Posted inGovernment
CT trying to stave off federal unemployment tax hike in January
CT businesses are asking state officials to ensure the feds don’t increase their taxes by bolstering the unemployment fund before November.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut’s rat infestation
‘Rats’ purposely avoid public participation and are one of the biggest affronts to democracy in our state.
Posted inHousing
There are fewer houses for sale in CT. Here’s why.
Many are struggling to buy a home in Connecticut as supply dwindles. Others are hesitant to move because of high interest rates.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal urges funding for Ukraine during trip as GOP candidates split over aid
The CT senator has been pleased by bipartisan support for aid to Ukraine. But some GOP presidential candidates are skeptical of giving more.
Posted inGovernment
CT National Guard searching for new members
CT officials have launched a program to increase the number of people joining the National Guard after a nearly 50-year low.
Posted inMoney
Senate leader supports 5-year phase-in for CT child tax credit
A CT child tax credit has a better chance of becoming real now that CT’s highest-ranking state senator offered an alternate route this week.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Marching to stop new fossil fuel projects
We need to end fossil fuels to keep rising sea levels from washing over our Connecticut shoreline, to keep heat waves and flooding due to heavy rainfall from getting even worse…,
Posted inJustice
State police union: Dozens exonerated in ticketing scandal
CT state police union officials say 20% of troopers accused of submitting false ticket data or underreporting tickets have been exonerated.
Posted inJustice
Advocates urge more professional diversity in judicial nominees
The Connecticut Pro-People Judiciary Coalition released a list of candidates they hope Gov. Ned Lamont will consider for future nominations.
Posted inHealth
Advocates laud ‘radical change’ in children’s mental health care
Four new Urgent Crisis Centers in Connecticut aim to get children in crisis connected quickly with care and avoid long waiting lists.
Posted inData
Most accidental drug intoxication deaths in CT involve an opioid
CT’s death toll from the opioid epidemic has continued to rise in recent years, fed by an increasingly lethal supply of illicit narcotics.