The State Department launched a new program that allows individual Americans to privately sponsor refugees being resettled in the U.S.
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Awash in federal money, state lawmakers tackle worsening youth mental health
States, cities and school districts are using COVID-19 relief dollars and their own money to launch programs to help students and teachers recognize the symptoms of mental illness and suicide risk and build support services to help students who are struggling.
New Haven bulldozes ‘tent city’ occupied by homeless residents
The city ordered the campers to vacate the encampment near Ella Grasso Boulevard after inspectors said they found public health violations.
Republicans call for transparency in CT’s COVID-19 relief spending
Connecticut’s Republican minority is proposing the state establish a state Chief Accountability Office.
Hartford trailblazer Ann Uccello, first CT woman mayor, dies at 100
Ann Uccello, former mayor of Hartford who was the first woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. capital city, has died.
Worst fiscal year? CT officials question hospitals’ financial woes
CT health officials are questioning a hospital association report that showed 2022 was the worst fiscal year for hospitals in the state.
Texas abortion ruling nears, but blue states aren’t waiting to protect pill access
A federal judge soon could make medication abortion pills harder to come by, even in states like Connecticut that support abortion rights.
Feds move to curb health care delays caused by prior authorization
Patients and doctors are increasingly frustrated by prior authorization, a common tool whose use by insurers has exploded in recent years.
Inside the ‘private and confidential’ conservative group that promises to ‘crush liberal dominance’
Ever since the longtime Federalist Society leader helped create a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, Leonard Leo’s next moves had been the subject of speculation.
New Haven approves $4.8M affordable housing, shelter plan
New Haven alders voted to spend federal money on affordable apartments and shelter space for the city’s unhoused residents.
Some Connecticut museums hold on to Indigenous remains despite federal law
Federally funded museums are required to return Native American human remains and sacred objects to appropriate tribes and their descendants.
Rideshare drivers rally at state Capitol calling for better pay
CT-based rideshare drivers rallied against low pay and bans on picking up passengers at New York City airports.
CT lawmakers may legalize bear hunting as interactions increase
Connecticut is the only northeast state with a breeding bear population that does not allow bear hunting. This proposal would change that.
Urban areas are adding people and gobbling up land in most states
The percentage of residents living in areas the U.S. Census Bureau calls “urban” grew in 36 states. But it shrunk in CT.
Woodbridge shuts out New Haven students
The town’s board of education voted not to fill two soon-to-be-vacant Open Choice kindergarten seats at Woodbridge’s Beecher Road School.

