The program, Elm City COMPASS, will work with first responders to help residents experiencing mental health, drug, alcohol or housing crises.
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In North Carolina, a county elections director stood up to locals
Michella Huff considered it ludicrous that anyone could think the election had been rigged where Trump received upward of 70% of the votes.
Eversource CEO to Biden: Power grid might not withstand cold
Eversource’s CEO has issued a warning: The region’s power supply might not be able to withstand extreme cold weather this winter.
Amtrak will begin building new, faster CT River Bridge in 2024
The fix will cut commute times on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at Connecticut River Bridge, which has become a chokepoint in recent years.
Election deniers already are disrupting the midterm election
Two years of sustained disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election are causing disruptions and instability during early voting for the midterm election.
How one CT woman is improving mental health care in her immigrant community
Reena Aurora, an Indian immigrant, helps her community get mental health treatment through Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut.
Lamont, Stefanowski support funding CT’s ‘clean slate law’
Both CT governor candidates said they support the law, which erases low-level criminal convictions and misdemeanors after a set period of time.
CT clinic expanding primary care access for people recently released from prison
The Transitions Clinic Network, which provides health care to people recently released from prison, is expanding to New London and Waterbury.
Report: Race, economics, environment drive CT’s asthma disparities
A new survey found 11% of white, 13% of Black and 21% of Latino adults in CT have asthma. Income level and area of residence play a role too.
Stonington allows LGBTQ pride flag in schools, reversing ban
The Board of Education unanimously decided on Tuesday to allow the pride flags back into schools after some parents complained about the flag being political, and against district policy.
CT towns get $5 million to help fight garbage crisis
The state will offer the grants to help set up food scrap recycling programs in an effort to get food out of the waste stream.
One school’s policy for stoned students: Send them to the hospital
Officials at Amistad High School in New Haven could call for an ambulance if students high on marijuana need ‘urgent medical attention.’
In Killingly, teens look to neighboring town as a model for mental health help
Teens in Killingly say they have become their own mental health advocates after their Board of Education rejected a free school-based mental health center.
In CT, an undocumented Cuban baseball journalist awaits word on asylum
Cuban photographer Reynaldo Cruz Diaz recently fled Cuba amid increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and several targeted threats.
CT’s 211 housing hotline may end 24/7 service. Providers helping curb homelessness are concerned.
A “front door” phone line for people experiencing homelessness in Connecticut could soon be cutting back its hours.
