Connecticut must invest money to ensure all schools have access to lifesaving naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
The rise in youth overdose fatalities calls for antidote in all schools
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The dental care access crisis and racial disparities in CT
Why aren’t there more dentists and oral health specialists treating people on HUSKY? The answer: we have a chronically underfunded safety-net.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The collision of the CT community college consolidation and politics
The ill-conceived idea to consolidate the 12 community colleges in Connecticut into one massive college has been going on for approximately five years.
Posted inInvestigations
A CT group home director wants to cash in on her state-funded properties
State ethics officials in 1999 ruled the ownership structure for the group homes was a “direct conflict of interest” under Connecticut law.
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CT Humanities grants strengthen communities, cultural organizations statewide
For the past two and a half years, CT Humanities has been using state, federal, and foundation funds to steward the cultural sector through the pandemic.
Posted inPartner Content
New study shows how complex trust in science, medicine is for Black Americans
A majority of Black adults have had at least one negative experience with a health care provider, according to a new report. But young Black women are particularly likely to report a harmful interaction during routine health care. More than 70% of Black women ages 18 to 49 said they’ve experienced at least one negative interaction […]
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‘Don’t say gay’ bills aren’t new. They’ve just been revived.
In a handful of states, versions of the legislation have existed for decades.
Posted inTalking Transportation
If Connecticut state workers are overpaid, why so many open jobs?
If the salaries and benefits of these so-called cushy state jobs are so great why can’t CDOT fill the 700 job openings it anticipates in the next few months?
Posted inHealth
Senate passes sweeping children’s mental health legislation
The first of three bills meant to improve services for children’s mental health in CT cleared the Senate on Friday with overwhelming support.
Posted inMoney
Senate gives final approval to raises, bonuses for CT state employees
The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 22-13 along party lines to approve the contracts, which cover about 46,000 workers.
Posted inMoney
Social service agencies see big raises for unions and ask: Why not us?
As state budget talks wind down, CT nonprofits ask why a $72 million proposal to help their industry, which employs 115,000, is bogged down.
Posted inMoney
Surging revenues could solve Democrats’ tax-cutting dilemma
Lamont and legislators could have a budget deal hammered out over the weekend.
Posted inHealth
Bills to support children’s mental health come with lofty price tags
Three ambitious bills that address the growing crisis of children’s mental health in CT would devote millions to a range of initiatives.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Observing Earth Day in the era of climate crisis
Some two generations since the first Earth Day, five Connecticut environmentalists reflect on its legacy and what it means for the future.
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Health and humanity are inseparable
More than 95% of incarcerated people will return to the community. Do we want them to be broken, unable to connect with others and to struggle to be of service or able to live a life that is marked by contribution and meaning?