Gabby DeBenedictis

3 days ago | ctmirror.org | Eddy Martinez |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

Four international students living in Connecticut are suing the federal government after learning their student visas are now in jeopardy. In a complaint filed last week, the students accused officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of unlawfully terminating their student status, stripping them of their ability to pursue their studies and maintain employment in the United States.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Molly Ingram |Gabby DeBenedictis

Fourteen Planned Parenthood sites in Connecticut are affected by a temporary freeze on $1.8 million in federal funding. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, which also has one location in Rhode Island, found out about the pause on March 31. The funding comes from Title X, which funds sexual and reproductive health care for low-income people. It doesn’t fund abortions. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz (D) spoke with advocates at the Capitol on Wednesday.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Thomas Breen |Gabby DeBenedictis

Avelo’s CEO told the state’s attorney general that he can see a copy of the budget airline’s deportation contract — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request to the relevant federal agency. Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy offered that advice in a one-page letter he sent to state Attorney General William Tong Tuesday.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Abigail Brone |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

Hartford resident Mattie Bell sits in a brown recliner in the living room of her first-floor apartment in Hartford’s north end. The room is dim, with the shades drawn, and the faint scent of cigarette smoke lingers. She is surrounded by pictures of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, while watching the Home Shopping Network on TV and listening to her two rescue cockatiels, Pretty Girl and Charlie, chirp.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Marissa Martinez |Gabby DeBenedictis

This story was originally reported by Marissa Martinez of The 19th. Meet Marissa and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The push to expand the child tax credit is more bipartisan than ever — but a clear solution to stop it from being slashed in half is still far off. Republicans and Democrats have been juggling proposals for the credit — currently a $2,000-per-child tax incentive — as Congress renegotiates the country’s tax structure.