Erica Phillips

Connecticut

Economic Development Reporter at The CT Mirror

Reporter covering economic development @CTMirror. Past: @WSJ, @Marketplace. she/her

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AmeriCorps must restore grants to states that sued over cuts, federal judge rules

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Phillips

The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman granted a temporary block on the agency’s cancellation of grants and early discharge of corps members, but only for the states that sued the administration in April. Connecticut was among them.
CT is on Trump's 'sanctuary jurisdiction' list. Tong is pushing back

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Phillips

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president’s mass deportations agenda.
RFK, Jr. assures Congress funding for Head Start will not be cut

3 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Phillips

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency and funding freezes raised fears the six-decade-old program would be radically downsized.
West Haven regains control of finances after years of state oversight

3 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Eddy Martinez |Connecticut Public |Erica Phillips

West Haven’s city government now has control over its finances, ending years of state oversight which deepened after a high-profile corruption scandal in 2021. Connecticut’s Municipal Accountability Review Board (MARB) voted unanimously Thursday to end its control of the city’s finances, to cheers from city employees at City Hall. Mayor Dorinda Borer, said city residents can now feel confident their tax dollars are being managed with integrity.
The gender gap in math is back. The pandemic isn’t the only reason.

3 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Meltzer |Erica Phillips

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersGirls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come roaring back. And according to a new analysis from the testing and research organization NWEA, girls seem to have fallen further behind since students returned to in-person school.
Most people eligible for GLP-1 drugs can't get them, study finds

3 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Sujata Srinivasan |Connecticut Public |Erica Phillips

Less than 3% of all people in the U.S. who are eligible for injectable weight loss drugs receive a prescription for it, according to a new study from Yale School of Medicine. Yuan Lu, co-author of the findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), said there were disparities even within that 3%. “Black, Hispanic, Asian patients were less likely to receive them compared to white patients,” she said.
Is CT in a recession? Here's what to know

3 weeks ago | courant.com | Erica Phillips

Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group — can make the call on whether the United States economy is in a recession or not. And typically, it does so only after we’ve been in one for a while.
Who decides if CT, U.S. are in a recession? Here's what to know

3 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Phillips

Editor’s Note: This article is part of CT Mirror’s Spanish-language news coverage developed in partnership with Identidad Latina Multimedia. Lea este artículo en español. Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group — can make the call on whether the United States economy is in a recession or not.
Who decides if CT, U.S. are in a recession? Here’s what to know

1 month ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Erica Phillips

Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group — can make the call on whether the United States economy is in a recession or not. And typically, it does so only after we’ve been in one for a while.
Clean Slate erasure of CT criminal records to resume in fall 2025

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Maysoon Khan |Connecticut Public |Erica Phillips

After years of delays, state officials are now targeting fall 2025 to resume the automatic erasure of most old criminal records under Connecticut’s Clean Slate law. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), which is overseeing the law’s implementation, was approved for $10 million in state bond funding in April to put toward the project.

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