Frankie Graziano

1 week ago | ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Meg Dalton |Chloe Wynne |Robyn Doyon-Aitken

By Frankie Graziano, Meg Dalton, Chloe Wynne, Robyn Doyon-Aitken Published June 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM EDT Bob Adelman / Republished with permission from Adelman Images Activist Ned Coll, in striped shirt, talks with a police officer and community members as part of his campaign to enable Black, inner-city residents to access Connecticut's beaches in the 1960s and 1970s.

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Chloe Wynne

By Frankie Graziano, Published June 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM EDT Connecticut lawmakers recently cemented their priorities for the next two years with final passage of a $55.8 billion budget. At the end of the 2025 legislative session, they were able to find money for Medicaid programs and invest in our children’s future, especially young children. But some – mainly the minority in the state legislature – say that it comes at too high of a cost.

3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Chloe Wynne

By Frankie Graziano, Published June 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM EDT The 2025 legislative session in Connecticut started with lawmakers facing an uncertain future clouded by potential federal funding cuts. The end of the session is nigh in Connecticut. Amid these murky days, we know that local lawmakers have taken drastic measures to shore up state Medicaid funding. But how far are they willing to go to secure a new two-year budget deal?

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Chloe Wynne

By Frankie Graziano, Published May 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM EDT Ryan Caron King / Connecticut PublicFILE: Rozanne Hauser of Bloomfield cheers with the crowd in support of Medicare during Hartford’s “Hands Off” protest against the Trump administration on April 5, 2025. “It’s appalling,” she said. “I’m 85, I’ve seen a lot.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Chloe Wynne

By Frankie Graziano, Published May 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM EDT George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in 2020 inspired police reform in America. Five years ago this week, Americans took to the streets amid a global pandemic to protest Floyd’s murder. Chants of “Black Lives Matter” reverberated throughout Connecticut. And then, two months after Floyd’s death, Connecticut was one of the first states in the nation to enact police reform legislation.