Two weeks remain until The Connecticut Mirror’s annual event, “Small State, Big Debate: Race” on Oct. 6 at Fairfield University. The full event will feature New York Times columnist Charles Blow as the keynote speaker and also includes sessions on criminal justice with discussions on the governor’s “second-chance society” and policy research.
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CT Mirror’s ‘Small State, Big Debate: Race’ — Only limited seating remains for three sessions
Tickets sales continue for The Connecticut Mirror’s statewide public policy event, “Small State, Big Debate: Race,” with only limited seating available for the three of the eight sessions. The full event will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Fairfield University.
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The Mirror’s Micro-Give begins today
Last year on The Mirror audience survey, a number of you asked if we could reset the support levels so you could give a smaller donation. So to close the annual feedback cycle, we listened, and this week we’re launching The Mirror Micro-Give.
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Is your Connecticut nonprofit trying to get the word out?
Nonprofits rely on The Connecticut Mirror and now the organization’s other digital publications, CTViewpoints and TrendCT, for public policy news, analysis and opinion. After months of shaping CTViewpoints’ identity, we believe we can offer more.
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CT Mirror/AARP Google Hangout: Fixed-rate cap on electric rates
Along with sponsor AARP, The Connecticut Mirror hosted its fourth Google Hangout of the 2015 Connecticut Legislative session to discuss variable rates and the fixed-rate cap with third-party electric retailers.
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The Mirror’s “Why I Give” campaign begins
As a nonprofit news organization, we reach out and ask for your support three times a year, and with two months remaining in a contentious legislative session, now is one of those times. The Connecticut Mirror’s “Why I Give” campaign begins. We hope at least one thought resonates with you, enough to support our organization with a tax-deductible donation.
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Trend CT and CT Viewpoints to launch Monday
The Connecticut News Project Inc., publisher of The Connecticut Mirror, is launching two new companion websites Monday.
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Video: Workplace Retirement: Mirror/AARP Google Hangout
Along with sponsor AARP, The Connecticut Mirror will host its third Google Hangout on Thursday morning with Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo to discuss workplace retirement and savings options. Joining host and Mirror Budget Reporter Keith Phaneuf will be Lembo and AARP National Senior Legislative Representative Sarah Mysiewicz Gill from Washington D.C. Topics covered will include private workplace retirement options available to employees, payroll deduction savings plan and unfunded liabilities.
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Video: A CT Mirror/AARP conversation on caring for a rapidly aging state
Connecticut is old and getting older. One in seven residents is 75 or older, and the 65-plus population is projected to grow by 64 percent by 2030. Caring for an aging population was the topic Thursday of a Google Hangout, a conversation with Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Sen. Joe Markley and Elaine Ryan of AARP.
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Special Report: Education, Diversity and Change in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, a region marked by sharp disparities in income and in urban and suburban life, faces particular challenges in assuring all its residents a quality education. Today, a special report, “Education, Diversity and Change in Fairfield County,” explores the issue through in-Âdepth policy reporting, interactive maps and charts, photo galleries and opinion pieces written by teachers from the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University.
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Special Report: Education, Diversity and Change in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, a region marked by sharp disparities in income and in urban and suburban life, faces particular challenges in assuring all its residents a quality education. Today, a special report, “Education, Diversity and Change in Fairfield County,” explores the issue through in-Âdepth policy reporting, interactive maps and charts, photo galleries and opinion pieces written by teachers from the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University.
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G. Claude Albert named The Connecticut Mirror’s new editor
Albert is a former managing editor of The Hartford Courant, where he held a variety of leadership posts overseeing most aspects of the newsroom.
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Halfway home for the 2014 CT Mirror Summer Support Drive
Dear Friends, We want to thank those who have donated during our 2014 CT Mirror Support Drive. We’re halfway home and we hope August will be just as generous. Three times a year we reach out and ask for your support. It’s the nature of the developing nonprofit news organization business model and for those […]
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Please donate today: 2014 Mirror Summer Support Drive
Three times a year we reach out and ask for your support. It’s the nature of the developing nonprofit news organization business model and for those who have given in the past, we appreciate everything you have offered by way of a tax-deductible donation.
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Good journalism? Help make it great with The Mirror’s digital focus group
The Connecticut Mirror is looking for five readers to take part in a digital focus group that will meet via Google+ or Skype for three one-hour meetings during July and August.