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Posted inPolitics

Tension as Lamont, lawmakers look toward end of pandemic emergency

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 12, 2022 @ 6:25 pmJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:30 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont is intent on sharing responsibility for the next phase of the COVID pandemic with the General Assembly.

The emergency department entrance at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford.
Posted inHealth

Lawmakers plan to prioritize children’s mental health next session

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Adria Watson and Jenna Carlesso November 30, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 24, 2022 @ 7:53 pm

Connecticut lawmakers are already beginning to plan reforms that will target what experts have called a crisis.

Posted inEducation

School-age children are seeking out mental health care more than ever

Avatar photo by Adria Watson November 26, 2021 @ 5:00 amJune 30, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

An influx of students showed up in crisis at school in recent months, and the trend continued into the school year.

Posted inInvestigations

CT lawmakers call on state to forgive unemployment overpayments for thousands

Avatar photo by Andrew Brown September 22, 2021 @ 5:57 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:03 am

The lawmakers say the burden of correcting the overpayments shouldn’t be on people who filed their applications in good faith.

Posted inPartner Content

Data: Students with disabilities aren’t faring well during the pandemic

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jim Haddadin | Connecticut Public Radio September 2, 2021 @ 3:04 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:02 am

As the delta variant threatens to send students back to remote learning, students with disabilities could miss the most school.

Posted inHealth

Pandemic unveils growing suicide crisis for communities of color

by Aneri Pattani | Kaiser Health News August 26, 2021 @ 2:44 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:59 am

During the pandemic’s first year, suicides among white residents decreased compared with previous years, while they increased among Black residents.

A waiting area in the emergency department of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford.
Posted inHealth

Children with psychiatric needs are overwhelming hospital emergency departments in CT

Avatar photo by Adria Watson May 25, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 16, 2022 @ 10:45 am

Hospital officials in Connecticut say that while emergency department visits overall have declined, the number of children who are awaiting inpatient beds for psychiatric care has increased exponentially during the pandemic.

Posted inEconomic Development

CT’s civil rights enforcement agency: segregation has ‘particularly deadly effect’ amid pandemic

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas May 24, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:57 am

The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities report links zoning segregation with the deadly impact of COVID on minority communities.

Posted inPolitics

House extends emergency powers — but with added oversight

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 11, 2021 @ 10:39 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:56 am

The House voted Tuesday to extend the governor’s emergency pandemic powers, but with stronger oversight.

Posted inHealth

After delays, CT launches its long-anticipated health information exchange

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 3, 2021 @ 4:45 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:52 am

Forty-four providers have already signed on to the network, known as Connie.

Connecticut's rental assistance program -- UniteCT -- had an RV traveling the state to help people fill out an application to get aid.
Posted inGovernment, Housing

Eviction moratorium extended until public health emergency order ends

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas April 19, 2021 @ 4:24 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:51 am

The state moratorium hasn’t completely eliminated evictions, which are now at about half the level they were before the pandemic.

Posted inHousing

The pandemic’s effect on the housing market helped some — but others are left behind.

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Kasturi Pananjady April 5, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 26, 2022 @ 4:50 pm

Across Connecticut, lower-income families are facing more housing challenges. Federal aid might help, but the problems have deep roots.

Posted inNews

CT Supreme Court releases opinion declaring Ned Lamont’s emergency powers constitutional

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas March 29, 2021 @ 5:37 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:50 am

The court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s emergency power laws and the governor’s exercise of his authority under them.

Posted inGovernment

Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Kasturi Pananjady March 29, 2021 @ 5:00 amJune 3, 2022 @ 12:37 pm

Communities that were already struggling with poverty before the pandemic were hit particularly hard when the jobs vanished.

Posted inMoney

House unanimously adopts measure to ensure lawmakers have a say in spending COVID relief funds

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf March 16, 2021 @ 5:19 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

The bill directs the administration to give a detailed accounting of how federal coronavirus aid has been allotted to date.

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