The CT Mirror

The Connecticut Mirror is a nonprofit news organization located in Hartford, Connecticut. This digital-only publication specializes in covering public policy and political matters relevant to the state. It operates as part of the Connecticut News Project, which also includes other platforms like TrendCt and ViewpointsCt.

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4 CT students with visas in jeopardy sue federal government

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.
Chris Murphy, a new 'pugilistic populist,' maps resistance to Trump

4 days ago | ctmirror.org | Mark Pazniokas

Sen. Chris Murphy was dropped at the L Street entrance of Washington, D.C.’s convention center and hustled through the kitchen to a ballroom where 2,000 progressive activists waited to hear his thoughts on what to do about the 47th president of the United States and the sorry state of the Democratic Party.
CT could withhold driver's licenses from tax delinquents

6 days ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf

Faced with a slumping economy and likely big cuts in federal aid, state legislators are once again weighing whether to turn delinquent taxpayers over to collection agencies — and block renewal of their driver’s licenses or vehicle registrations. But the measure also is sparking pushback from groups that say it unfairly targets the poor even as Connecticut treats wealthy delinquent taxpayers with kid gloves.
Who will Trump go after next?

6 days ago | ctmirror.org | Bill Seymour

Harvard University —long a symbol of academic independence— now faces a defining test in refusing President Donald Trump’s demands for federal intrusion into academia. Vulnerable Connecticut colleges and universities include Yale, Wesleyan, the University of Connecticut and its health center-medical school with Jackson Laboratories. Who’s next? Trump may be just getting started.
Rep. Jim Himes warns of Trump's 'creeping authoritarianism'

6 days ago | ctmirror.org | Lisa Hagen

Warning of “creeping authoritarianism,” “testosterone-addled craziness” and the celebration of “abject cruelty,” U.S. Rep. Jim Himes unleashed a barrage of criticisms at the Trump administration and the state of the U.S. Congress on Thursday night.
CT plan would raise income taxes on rich to mitigate federal cuts

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf

The state Senate’s leaders unveiled a new proposal Thursday to boost taxes on Connecticut’s high earners, seeking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to mitigate anticipated deep cuts in federal aid to health care, education and other core programs here. Senate President Pro Tem Martin M.
Freeze on $1.8M in Planned Parenthood funds affects 14 CT sites

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.
CT refuses to comply with Trump order to end DEI in schools

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Jessika Harkay |Lisa Hagen

Connecticut will not comply with demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in its K-12 schools, a decision that will likely put the state in a standoff with the Trump administration, which has threatened to pull federal funding over the issue.
Try FOIA request for deportation flights contract

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.
CT's police-social work partnership could grow with state funding

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Emilia Otte

Francelis Gonzalez remembers one evening during her internship with the Norwich police department vividly. At the time she was studying social work at Eastern Connecticut State University and accompanying officers on calls, where she’d help to de-escalate situations and offer assistance to individuals and families in crisis. That evening, from the window of the police car, Gonzalez spotted a man sitting on the Water Street Bridge. Within moments, she and the officer received a call.