Legislation could increase the amount of money returned to CT residents, but treasurer Erick Russell says his office is already overwhelmed.
CT treasurer: Don’t change the unclaimed property program yet
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inLong Story Short
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.
Posted inPartner Content
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.
Posted inHousing
CT zoning reform bills an attempt to address housing crisis
The Housing and Planning and Development committees voted on two major zoning reform bills.
Posted inHealth
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.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
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.
CT Viewpoints
Senate Bill 4 now! Lower housing and energy costs while tackling climate change
Senate Bill 4 is a comprehensive housing bill that will provide relief and make long-term investments that drive down costs through increased protections for renters, more affordable housing, and a program to lower energy costs for residents.
CT Viewpoints
Danbury needs both — increased funding and a charter school
Opponents of the Danbury Charter School argue that funding the charter would take money from the public school system, but that is false.
Posted inInvestigations
Director of controversial school construction grant program resigns
Douglas Rogers, hired to replace Konstantinos Diamantis to steer CT’s school construction grant program, resigned after barely four months.
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Connecticut College president resigns following student protest
President Katherine Bergeron will step down at the end of the semester after student protests over a since-canceled fundraising trip.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT’s ‘budget guardrails’ adopted without hearings or public input
We were stunned that the General Assembly readopted perhaps the most far-reaching fiscal legislation in Connecticut history — locking in the basic parameters of future state budgets for the next 10 years– by using an “emergency certified” procedure.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Want better schools? Listen to teachers
More and more experienced teachers are leaving the classroom, even as administrators seek to return to a pre-pandemic “normal.”
Posted inJustice
Here’s what to know about CT’s ‘clean slate’ law, which erases some criminal records
The law, designed to erase certain criminal records after a period of time, took effect earlier this year but has not yet been fully implemented.
CT Viewpoints
Connecticut must create more — and easier –pathways to teaching
Currently, Connecticut requires a cumbersome and expensive certification process that presents unnecessary obstacles to the teaching profession.