Jordan Fenster

Connecticut, New York

Senior Reporter at Hearst Connecticut Media Group

Senior Producer at USA Today

Freelance Writer at Freelance

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Articles

Concern growing in CT as federal COVID funding remains unknown

2 days ago | middletownpress.com | Jordan Fenster

A shift in pandemic-related costs for which the federal government will reimburse states has left Connecticut officials in the dark on how much money can be recouped, and concerned about damage to the state’s effort to combat COVID-19. The move by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could cost the state millions and, more importantly, is “inconsistent with the goal of stopping or slowing the spread” of COVID-19, a top Connecticut emergency management official said.
Concern growing in CT as federal COVID funding remains unknown

2 days ago | stamfordadvocate.com | Jordan Fenster

US President Donald Trump attends a briefing for Hurricane Laura on August 27, 2020 at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, DC.
New Connecticut law improves voting access to some people in prison

2 days ago | darientimes.com | Jordan Fenster

A new law aims to increase voting access for people behind bars, putting a ballot in the hands of people who can't make bail. The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this year, “creates specific procedures for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to vote to apply for, receive and cast absentee ballots,” in the words of the state legislature.
New Connecticut law improves voting access to some people in prison

2 days ago | trumbulltimes.com | Jordan Fenster

A new law aims to increase voting access for people behind bars, putting a ballot in the hands of people who can't make bail. The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this year, “creates specific procedures for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to vote to apply for, receive and cast absentee ballots,” in the words of the state legislature.
New Connecticut law improves voting access to some people in prison

2 days ago | sheltonherald.com | Jordan Fenster

A new law aims to increase voting access for people behind bars, putting a ballot in the hands of people who can't make bail. The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this year, “creates specific procedures for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to vote to apply for, receive and cast absentee ballots,” in the words of the state legislature.
New Connecticut law improves voting access to some people in prison

2 days ago | ctinsider.com | Jordan Fenster

A new law aims to increase voting access for people behind bars, putting a ballot in the hands of people who can't make bail. The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this year, "creates specific procedures for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to vote to apply for, receive and cast absentee ballots," in the words of the state legislature.
CT residents born in Iran express anger, hope

2 days ago | ctinsider.com | Mark Zaretsky |Jordan Fenster

WOODBRIDGE - The recent bombings involving Iran, Israel and the United Stateshave troubled many Americans, but few have as many close people to worry about as Roya Hakakian and others with loved ones in Iran, Israel or both. Hakakian, a Tehran-born, Jewish naturalized United States citizen who came to this country as a refugee 40 years ago at age 19, still has friends in Iran and relatives in Israel. " I'm incredibly worried ... I have relatives in Israel, I have friends in Iran ...
Racial unrest, disease, depression: 1919 versus 2020

3 days ago | stamfordadvocate.com | Jordan Fenster

Members of the American Red Cross remove Spanish influenza victims from a house at Etzel and Page avenues in 1918. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch file photo/TNS)St. Louis Post-Dispatch / TNSAn Owl Drug Store advertisement from 1918, when the Spanish flu was spreading in San Francisco. Chronicle archivesRed Cross volunteers fighting against the spanish flu epidemy in United States in 1918Apic/Getty Images / Getty ImagesA U.S. Army hospital influenza ward in Aix-Les-Bains, France.
Should the U.S. have bombed Iran? Connecticut residents offer their thoughts

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Jordan Fenster

Evelyn Angola remembers both the first and the second wars in Iraq. The Stamford resident was trying to avoid the brutal heat Monday, but she couldn't help running through the list of Middle East crises she's lived through. She called President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran a "lifetime low for me in terms of paying attention to civic matters.""Every effort or initiative that has been made or tried to be made in the Middle East has backfired," Angola said.
Horses, silly string and more

4 days ago | ctinsider.com | Jordan Fenster

Your pickles can land on the ground with a thud, legally, without fear of prosecution but be careful where you cross the street while standing on your hands. There are more than a few unconventional laws in Connecticut, though perhaps the most commonly cited strange statute, that pickles must legally bounce when dropped from a height of 1 foot, is a myth. CT Insider asked Chat GPT to list all the odd or strange laws in Connecticut, and then followed up, attempting to find supportive documentation.