State aid to CT’s cities and towns is expected to increase to many towns in the coming fiscal years. Here’s how much.
How did your town fare in the 2023-2025 CT budget?
Posted inHealth
CT won’t allow trade associations to offer health plans this year
A bill to allow CT trade associations to offer group insurance plans failed to gather enough support. Many patient advocacy groups opposed it.
Posted inPolitics
Red light cameras in CT get Senate OK; bill goes to Lamont
Proponents of red light cameras had to overcome concerns raised by the ACLU and NAACP about potential abuses and discriminatory enforcement.
Posted inJustice
CT legislature broadens parole eligibility, clashes on juvenile justice reform
Lawmakers approved changes to parole eligibility for some individuals and passed a bill that tries to address how and when juveniles interact with the criminal justice system.
CT Viewpoints
There’s a dire need for access to affordable early childhood education
H.B. 5540 would amend Connecticut general statutes to give financial assistance to early childhood education centers and providers.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont endorses Marissa Gillett to continue as chair of PURA
Industry stock analysts have noted the “friction” on the authority and speculated whether Gillett is in Connecticut for the long haul.
Posted inMoney
Senate gives overwhelming bipartisan approval to new CT budget
A new CT budget cuts income tax rates and invests in local schools but leaves questions around higher education and social services.
Posted inGovernment
CT pushes increased support for youth transitioning out of foster care
As kids age out of the foster care system, they may need help getting a job, education or housing. Advocates say more should be done.
Posted inHousing
CT ‘Work Live Ride’ bill unlikely to pass this session
The announcement comes the same day as the publication of a new study that ties restrictive zoning to segregation in Connecticut.
Posted inData
How have eviction rates in CT changed since COVID?
Following a pandemic drop in the number of evictions, 2022 saw the highest number of evictions filed in Connecticut.
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How have types of death in CT changed since COVID?
In Connecticut, certain types of death have had record increases and decreases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Posted inData
Following pandemic dip, CT prison population slowly rising again
The total prison population in Connecticut has been slowly increasing since 2020, following a major decrease that year of 25%.
Posted inHealth
CT House passes expansion of HUSKY for immigrant children
The measure would extend Medicaid coverage to kids 15 and younger without legal status. But advocates wanted people up to age 25 to qualify.
CT Viewpoints
Honor a jury’s life sentence decision
It was the criminal’s poor choices that put them in their predicament! They chose to disregarded their families and their community!
CT Viewpoints
CT has the means, but must find the will to properly fund education
Our state’s elected leaders have chosen to defer — and thereby to deny — economic and educational justice to low-income young people and their families.