CT earned high marks in education and health in the 2025 Kids Count but not in its economic well-being and family and community data.
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Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?
Lawmakers and advocates are divided on whether to allow the governor and legislature to weigh in on how opioid legal settlements are used.
CT’s Medicaid income limits for disabled are illegal, lawsuit alleges
Advocates argued CT’s lower HUSKY C income limits discriminate against residents with disabilities and violate the state constitution.
CT senators seek to guard against federal cuts in health funding
CT Democrats are attempting to preemptively pass legislation to soften the fallout of possible retaliatory federal cuts to health spending.

