Michayla Savitt

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Michayla Savitt

Published June 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM EDT After two years of sluggish environmental legislative action, state lawmakers in 2025 passed several big initiatives on climate change. But other environmental measures didn’t make it over the finish line as the clock ran out, and will have to wait until the next session for a chance to be addressed again. Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed a bipartisan priority bill surrounding climate resilience into law.

3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Michayla Savitt

Published June 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT The end of another legislative session in Connecticut is here. Many measures have already passed, and Gov. Ned Lamont has signed 20 of those into law as of Tuesday. Hundreds of bills still languish on the House and Senate calendars, and many will die from inaction when the General Assembly reaches its constitutional deadline at midnight.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Michayla Savitt

Read in EnglishEn 1975, varios niños de Lyme (Connecticut) empezaron a mostrar síntomas inusuales de artritis. Los funcionarios de salud descubrieron que las infecciones estaban relacionadas con una bacteria que se transmite por la picadura de la garrapata de patas negras, también conocida como garrapata de venado. Este pequeño parásito, originario de la región noreste, ha seguido infectando a miles de personas cada año con la “enfermedad de Lyme”, que recibe su nombre de la ciudad.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Michayla Savitt

Published May 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM EDT As federal lawmakers continue mulling a GOP tax package proposing to significantly cut safety net programs, several Connecticut officials are calling attention to the potentially damaging impacts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP benefits are federally funded, but the state shares half the administrative costs.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Michayla Savitt

Published May 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM EDT Michayla Savitt / Connecticut Public People of all ages — from early childhood educators, to families and their young children — held signs, sang and chanted in the rain, calling on state lawmakers to follow through on legislation this session geared towards bolstering the childcare sector.