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Posted inHealth
With CT safe harbor law passed, clinicians training to perform abortions
Now that Connecticut allows advanced practice clinicians to perform aspiration abortions, some nurses have begun learning the procedure.
Posted inHealth
CT insurance department pressed to reject double-digit rate increases
The 20.4% average increase is substantially higher than what insurers sought last year for 2022 individual health plans.
Posted inEducation
Killingly rejected a fully funded mental health center at its high school. Why?
The Killingly Board of Education refused the grant-funded center in a vote mired in politics. Now the state of Connecticut is involved.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Not being racist is not enough
After someone spray-painted the N-word onto the Ridgefield High School athletic field, officials missed a moment to enact positive change.
Posted inJustice
When cash bail is high, some families finance freedom through GoFundMe
It took fish fries, fundraisers and GoFundMe to bail Bryan Jordan out of jail. Was it enough to keep him home?
Posted inTalking Transportation
Local train stations are gateways to CT towns. How welcoming is yours?
Every train journey, whether a cross-country adventure on Amtrak or a mundane daily commute on Metro-North, starts at a station. How nice is your town’s?
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Deal near to preserve Deer Lake in Killingworth as open space
The Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council is finalizing a deal to sell the property to nonprofit Pathfinders, Inc., which would preserve it.
Posted inPolitics
Congress passes expanded health care benefits in sweeping bill
Insurers cited the end of enhanced federal ACA subsidies as the reason for rate hikes. But Congress was ready to pass a 3-year extension.
Posted inHealth
The public can weigh in Monday on health insurers’ double-digit rate increase requests. Here’s what to know about the proposals.
Insurers that sell policies on and off Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange asked for an average increase of 20.4% on individual plans.
Posted inMoney
CT essential worker bonuses could be reduced as demand grows
Pandemic bonuses for CT private-sector essential workers will likely be reduced as surging demand tests the program’s budget.
Posted inPolitics
By the numbers: Where Leora Levy won the CT Senate primary
Leora Levy won the CT GOP primary for U.S. Senate over Themis Klarides not by winning big in any one area but with many little victories.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT is falling behind on its climate change goals. What’s being done to change that?
The Connecticut Clean Air Act aims to use clean transportation as a means for addressing climate change. What’s in the law?
Posted inPolitics
Does Trump define the CT GOP? ‘Wrong question,’ says chair.
Consequences of Trump’s candidate winning a Connecticut primary were evident in the glee of Democrats and muted response by Republicans.
Posted inMoney
High demand for CT pandemic bonus program crashed website
The number of applications for pandemic bonuses for CT private-sector workers in the first days of the program crashed the program’s website.