Nearly a quarter of CT’s nursing homes had a 1-star CMS quality rating as of February 2023, up from only 8% in January 2020. Here’s the data.
CHART: CMS overall quality star ratings for Connecticut nursing homes
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New Haven tests giving $500 monthly to formerly incarcerated
Twenty New Haveners will receive $500 per month under a year-long pilot program designed to support people adjusting to life out of prison.
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Esto es lo que debe saber sobre la Ley de “borrón y cuenta nueva” de CT, que borra algunos antecedentes penales
La Ley de “borrón y cuenta nueva” de Connecticut está diseñada para borrar ciertos antecedentes penales después de un período de tiempo.
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How CT’s ‘guardrails’ were transformed into a budget austerity device
In this article, we examine the legislative history of the budget cap system to demonstrate how it was transformed from a flexible mechanism mainly designed to refill the Rainy Day Fund into new interlocking restrictive caps.
CT Viewpoints
Ranked choice voting can help heal the civil-military divide
The military needs to fix its relationship with Congress and the Commander in Chief. That healing process must start with how we elect our leaders.
CT Viewpoints
Nietzsche and assisted suicide in Connecticut
Embracing Nietzsche’s worldview is not the way to empower people with terminal illnesses. If you read it in context, it does exactly the opposite.
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CT gun safety bill advances, one day after Nashville shooting
The bill would ban the open carry of firearms and the bulk purchase of handguns and raise the minimum age for purchasing long guns to 21.
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CHART: Age of Connecticut nursing home facilities
More than half of CT’s nursing homes include facilities that were built over 50 years ago. Here’s the data.
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CT treasurer: Don’t change the unclaimed property program yet
Legislation could increase the amount of money returned to CT residents, but treasurer Erick Russell says his office is already overwhelmed.
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CT agrees to pay for $200K audit of Stone Academy records
The Office of Higher Education signed a contract for an audit of Stone Academy records one day before a student protest.
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PODCAST: Connecticut nursing homes face pressure from all sides
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari to discuss the second part of CT Mirror’s new series on elder care in Connecticut.
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States with legal pot consider how to protect cannabis workers
Labor organizers are trying to unionize cannabis workers as legalization spreads and the marijuana workforce grows.
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CT zoning reform bills an attempt to address housing crisis
The Housing and Planning and Development committees voted on two major zoning reform bills.
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CT’s health costs increasing twice as fast as goal set by Lamont
Health costs in CT rose by 6% to $34 billion in 2021, double Gov. Ned Lamont’s goal to limit cost growth to 2.9% over the next three years.
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The ‘guardrails’ blocked property tax reductions for every Connecticut resident
Rebalancing the priorities between debt retirement and property tax reduction is one of the main reasons we urge the General Assembly to readjust the allocation of “excess surplus” before the 2023 guardrail reenactment becomes irrevocable.