The presidential election could define the future of health care, school environments and combating misinformation, some CT families say.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment
70 fires and just short of a drought – why is this happening in CT?
Causes of CT’s wildfires vary, but the underlying conditions are the same: abnormally dry conditions that left a landscape primed to burn.
Posted inPolitics
Trump the third actor at the Murphy-Corey debate
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican challenger Matthew Corey clashed over immigration, inflation, taxation and Donald Trump.
Posted inMoney
CT retirement benefit debate looms large over next term
Debates once centered on whether CT was too generous with retiree benefits. Now, there’s concern that they’ve been severely whittled down.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
One of CT’s hottest issues of the summer cools on the campaign trail
Electric rate charges have become a political issue in CT — though not one that’s fresh in the minds of all voters leading up to Election Day.
Posted inEducation
Early childhood education marked as priority for legislative session
Last year, an expert panel created a 5-year, $2 billion plan to overhaul early childhood education. One year in, they’re doubling down.
Posted inPolitics
With Murphy far ahead, Republican Corey says his voice matters
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s Republican opponent is Manchester restaurateur Matthew Corey, who ran unsuccessfully against Murphy in 2018.
Posted inPolitics
Hayes-Logan battle in 5th District could have national implications
The 5th District rematch has familiar refrains from 2022. But in this presidential election year, attacks and tone have grown more heated.
Posted inPolitics
Ballot mixup in Stonington called rare glitch in CT’s early voting
On day two of early voting, as many as 519 Stonington voters were given the wrong ballots. The mistake was one of few significant glitches.
Posted inPolitics
Voter fraud in elections? Partisanship divides CT and the nation
There is an astonishingly wide partisan divide in CT over how confident voters are that the November election will be counted accurately.
Posted inEducation
CT works to expand higher ed programs in prisons
With incarcerated people now broadly eligible for financial aid through Pell Grants, CT officials are working on expanding education access.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Marriage rates are recovering, but so are divorces
The rates of marriages — and divorces — in Connecticut have rebounded in recent years after a long decline, driven in part by economics.
Posted inHealth
CT DACA recipients can soon get health coverage on the exchange
The change follows a federal policy finalized in May expanding Affordable Care Act eligibility to DACA recipients.
Posted inMoney
Could CT budget face emergency cuts despite plan to save $1.2B?
CT expects to set aside $1.2 billion to pay down pension debt, but projects nearly $400 million in General Fund cost overruns.
Posted inTransportation
CT state police traffic stop numbers not up as claimed
CT State Police’s 2023 traffic stop numbers were reported incorrectly last week, officials said, due to a software problem.