Gov. Ned Lamont said the move will ensure that all students in Connecticut have equal access to free lunch, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Lamont signs legislation extending Connecticut’s free school lunch program
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Legislators want change at MDC, entity dominated by Bill DiBella
A legislative committee held a public hearing Friday on a bill that would increase state oversight over the MDC by requiring annual audits.
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CT Politics: Charter schools, property taxes and mental health
Department of Corrections Commissioner Angel Quiros talks future prison closures; education committee looks at school resource officers.
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Lamont, legislators heading for a battle over CT spending cap
Legislators and others say CT has too many pressing education, health care and social service needs to focus solely on the spending cap.
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CHART: How have apprenticeships grown in CT?
A growing number of work-based learning programs and apprenticeships are seeing an upswing in interest in Connecticut. Here’s the data.
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CHART: CT towns with the highest imprisonment rate
People incarcerated in CT disproportionately come from the state’s largest cities. Here are the towns with the highest imprisonment rate.
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CHART: CT’s income tax receipts from Wall Street
CT has one of the most volatile tax streams in the country. Here’s a look at the state’s income tax receipts from Wall Street since 2010.
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A resource center for formerly incarcerated people is coming to Bridgeport
More than 10 nonprofits will provide holistic services to help with every aspect of reintegration into society.
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CT Politics: CT receives $1.55M to address student mental health
The money, part of a federal program designed to improve students’ mental health, will go to EdAdvance, a Litchfield-based organization.
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CT Politics: CT landlords weigh in on proposed motor vehicle property tax repeal
A bill that would eliminate the property tax on motor vehicles got a public hearing Wednesday in the CT Planning and Development Committee.
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CT Politics: Education committee weighs school resource officers, charter school approval process
State legislators supported raising “concepts” that include acts concerning school resource officers and the charter school approval process.
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CT Politics: State has ‘no immediate plans’ for future prison closures
CT Department of Correction Commissioner Angel Quiros’ comments come after the state said it would close Willard Correctional Institution.
CT Viewpoints
Lamont’s, lawmakers’ efforts on early voting mandate are ‘insufficient’
More than a month into CT’s legislative session, serious discussion of early voting has been insufficient.
CT Viewpoints
Parent engagement is essential to reducing child abuse and neglect in CT
While child fatality data is released publicly by state agencies, for a variety of reasons that data rarely reaches the populations who need it most.
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Jobless benefits for strikers in CT? Idea dividing labor committee
Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Julie Kushner share a microphone and little else on the labor committee as they debate jobless benefits and more.