Changing social workers during a child’s first year in foster care can drastically delay finding that child a permanent home.
To save more foster children, DCF needs to reduce social worker turnover
Posted inHealth
Protect yourself from salmonella this Thanksgiving
Wash your hands a lot and get yourself a meat thermometer.
Posted inGovernment, Money
Nonprofits say COVID exacerbated staffing woes into a crisis
Nonprofit leaders say their ability to assess the crisis is hindered by delays in getting state funding to community-based caregivers.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Yes, something needs to change, but it’s not what you think
By now, we have all seen and heard that as of last Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse is a free man.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Finding cause for optimism in the Glasgow Climate Pact
We are in a decisive decade which will determine the future prospects for humanity and biodiversity for centuries to come.
Posted inPolitics
Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford each keep 2 Senate seats in new map
A new state Senate redistricting map for Connecticut puts Stamford, the second-largest and fastest-growing city, in three Senate districts.
Posted inMoney
Budget options grow as Connecticut pays down obligations
The state is getting a better handle on its debt after seven years of surging unfunded obligations.
Posted inMoney
CT to audit every town’s use of federal CARES Act funding
Officials are preparing to audit how Connecticut’s 169 towns and cities spent roughly $60 million in federal COVID relief funding.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Congress must pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 now
History will judge America on how it treats its mothers and babies.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Classroom inclusivity is a vital element of Connecticut education
It never occurred to me that school segregation continued to be a problem in Connecticut, much less my own town.
Posted inInvestigations
Sema4 was a hot CT startup. Then came COVID, state contracts — and a boost from Annie Lamont’s firm
Oak HC/FT invested in Sema4 two months after the Lamont administration signed a $17.2 million contract with Sema4.
Posted inHealth
State health commissioner: Ahead of holidays, ‘Look at the risk level of those coming to your dinner.’
State officials also encouraged Connecticut residents to get a booster shot ahead of the holidays.
Posted inOpinion
Sightlines: The bias that found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty sends other young people to jail
The Kyle Rittenhouse not-guilty verdict illustrates our nation’s deep beliefs about who belongs in prison and who doesn’t.
Posted inHealth
Everyone 18 and older is now eligible for a COVID booster shot. Here’s what you need to know.
Gov. Ned Lamont and Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani have urged adult residents to get inoculated ahead of the holidays.
Posted inCT Viewpoints, Talking Transportation
The metamorphosis of Connecticut’s transportation network is underway
The changing forces now at work in our society, including our transportation network, will have a profound effect for decades