Connecticut Children’s CEO said there’s a ‘tremendous amount of misinformation’ about youth gender-affirming care, which Trump has banned.
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Lamont to propose $54M increase in special education funding
The budget proposal will include a $40 million increase in special education funding and a $14 million grant to develop in-district programs.
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CT Board of Education approves state intervention in Bridgeport schools
Nearly all of Bridgeport’s 20,000 students are identified as “high-needs.” Local board members have clashed over how to serve them.
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CT officials vow Prospect hospitals won’t close, despite bankruptcy
It’s unclear what the bankruptcy means for the pending sale of Prospect hospitals to YNHH, but CT officials said they’ll remain operational.
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CT city mayors, school superintendents want state to boost funding by $545M
Mayors and superintendents in CT’s five largest cities said they need more money to educate their large numbers of high-need students.
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CT lawmakers file legislation to clarify mobile home sale law
The bill aims to address a loophole in a law regarding mobile home park resident associations and offer additional protections to residents.
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CT homeless service providers want $33.5 million in state budget
More than 5,000 people are experiencing homelessness in CT. Shelters say they need the state to help.
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Environmental bills lead start of CT legislative session
CT lawmakers filed hundreds of bills in the first 24 hours. So far, the Environment Committee is fielding the largest number of proposals.
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CT Attorney General announces preliminary settlement with Stone Academy students
The agreement resolves several separate legal proceedings, including a case former students filed against CT officials
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Homegrown: Fifty years of hip-hop culture in CT
Hip-hop originated in the South Bronx in 1973 but quickly made its way up the Metro-North Railroad to Connecticut.
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CT officials respond to threat of Prospect Medical Holdings bankruptcy
It’s unclear what bankruptcy could mean for Prospect’s long-delayed deal to sell three CT hospitals to Yale New Haven Health.
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Zoning, homelessness, eviction reform on 2025 CT legislative agenda
Connecticut lawmakers’ housing priorities are a reprise of agendas they’ve considered in past sessions — with a couple of new ideas.
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Unlike Congress, a smooth opening day for CT General Assembly
Republican minority leaders nominated, seconded Democratic leaders. Minor discord over virtual meetings
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CT public higher ed institutions brace for budget negotiations
UConn and CSCU say their funding requests are ‘conservative’. But Lamont called out higher ed leaders, saying other states do more with less.
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CT Gov. Lamont’s ‘north stars’ in 2025: opportunity and affordability
Gov. Ned Lamont will offer suggestions to open discussion, but he won’t likely address pressure to revise the state’s fiscal guardrails.