Insurers want to boost the cost of state-regulated individual health plans by 17.8% on average. Requests are considerably higher this year.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment
UI is building a series of floodwalls to protect its coastal substations
The floodwalls are designed to protect infrastructure and prevent major damage from storms that can lead to power outages.
Posted inEducation
Hartford’s attorneys argue for dismissal of Aleysha Ortiz lawsuit
Attorneys representing Hartford argued district officials didn’t neglect to follow procedures because they weren’t legally required to do so.
Posted inGovernment
Rosa DeLauro undergoes surgery to treat spinal stenosis
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is having the spinal surgery while Congress is on recess and plans to keep up her schedule during physical therapy.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Made in the shade: CT tobacco farmers roll with the times
The iconic Connecticut shade tobacco fields have been replaced by parking lots and warehouses as demand changed. Today, only one man grows it.
Posted inPartner Content
This New Haven haunt has attracted legendary musical acts for 50 years
Toad’s Place has featured artists ranging from The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Cardi B.
Posted inMoney
Federal cutbacks could cost CT food stamp program $180M
The memorandum issued Friday did not project added costs tied to Medicaid that will pump nearly $7 billion in federal funds into CT this year.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
US Army Corps to resume use of herbicides against invasive hydrilla this month
Officials will deploy diquat, other chemical herbicides along the Connecticut River, part of a years-long effort to study their effectiveness.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Lyme disease case rates are increasing faster in other NE states
In 2010, Connecticut had the second-highest Lyme disease case rate in New England. In 2023, it had the lowest.
Posted inEducation
Parents say Bridgeport schools fail to provide adequate special ed support
A complaint filed by the Center for Children’s Advocacy alleges district violated rights of special ed students, failed to provide services.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
The move could end several clean energy projects in Connecticut, DEEP said. CT’s award under Solar for All was $62.45 million.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Tariffs, economic turmoil behind decision to pull large battery-storage facility from CT
Tariffs and changes to US incentives for renewable energy, combined with a rocky outlook for offshore wind, led to Killingly project’s demise.
Posted inImmigration
Sen. Blumenthal visits CT resident in ICE detention
An Afghan man, known as Zia S., served as an interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces. He came to the U.S. through a process called humanitarian parole.
Posted inInvestigations
Feds probe legislator’s relationship with recipient of state money
A grand jury is probing Sen. Douglas McCrory’s relationships with groups that got millions in state money and the woman who runs four of them.
Posted inImmigration
State, but no CT cities, on DOJ list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’
Six CT cities were on a list of ‘sanctuary cities’ published and withdrawn in May by Homeland Security. They are not on the new list.