The state of CT has asked a judge to close Waterbury Gardens, a nursing home that is costing the state nearly $1 million a month to operate.
State asks judge to close Waterbury Gardens nursing home
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How many people in CT are unhoused? Here’s the data.
After nearly a decade of decreases, homelessness in Connecticut rose slightly for the second year in a row in 2023. Here’s the data.
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A look at immediate jeopardy orders issued at CT nursing homes since 2018
Ninety-three immediate jeopardy orders were issued at Connecticut nursing homes from 2018 through the first half of 2023. Here’s the data.
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Immediate jeopardy orders have increased in CT nursing homes since 2019
How many immediate jeopardy orders have been issued in CT nursing homes in recent years? Here’s the data.
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Soy residente de CT y tengo préstamos estudiantiles. ¿Está disponible el perdón?
Algunos residentes de Connecticut podrían recibir ayuda con sus pagos a través de varios programas estatales. Esto es lo que debe saber.
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As CT patches one hole in social safety net, are others developing?
CT legislators said they will study whether most services are shrinking even as programs for people with developmental disabilities expand.
CT Viewpoints
Blue skies — another climate casualty
Every morning I look out my bedroom window, like some daily spiritual ablution, hoping to see blue skies. As the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” Composer Irving Berlin expressed this natural affinity in his lyric, “Blue skies, smiling at me.” Perhaps that’s why I’ve find it […]
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Trump is indicted, again. In CT, the reaction is relatively tame
Connecticut didn’t shrug at the news of former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment Wednesday, but the reactions largely were muted.
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Climate change has hit CT hard this year. Are we ready for more?
Planning for this sort of climate change-driven weather certainly requires physics and meteorology — but also probably a crystal ball.
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Urgent centers for kids’ mental health crises open in CT
The four centers are in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and New London, officials said Wednesday. They’re open for walk-in, outpatient care.
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After a fire more than a year ago, CT’s electric buses are now back on the road
DOT officials say the entire CTtransit electric bus fleet has been upgraded, and each operating bus has been thoroughly inspected and tested.
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For this CT business, ‘workforce housing’ is actually working
Amid CT’s housing shortage, one employer found a quicker way to remedy the problem: purchasing property and housing its staff for free.
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Josiah Brown, executive director, father
Josiah Brown is the executive director of Connecticut CASA.
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CT nursing home residents, families plead for higher staffing levels
Many nursing home residents used a Tuesday forum to air concerns about staffing levels, which they described as still insufficient.
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Report: Homelessness in CT increased for second year in a row
Experts attribute the rise to sustained fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Evictions are increasing as well, and rents are rising.