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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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William Tong, other AGs sue over conditions on federal funds

1 day ago | ctmirror.org | Stephen Busemeyer

A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general, including Connecticut’s William Tong, filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.
CT municipal summer camp oversight bill taken up by Senate

1 day ago | ctmirror.org | Jessika Harkay

The Connecticut Senate took up S.B. 6 Tuesday, an omnibus bill that lays out extra support and protections for children across the state. Lawmakers expected the bill to pass, after debate stretched late into the afternoon. The legislation proposes new regulations for annual reporting on disconnected youth and encourages early childhood education programs to use federal programs to provide more nutritious food to children.
No CT homeschool regulation changes in omnibus education bill

1 day ago | ctmirror.org | Mark Pazniokas

The General Assembly merged disparate education issues into one omnibus bill Tuesday that, among other things, once again extends a deadline for addressing racial imbalances in schools, temporarily tweaks the age to begin kindergarten, sets standards for school crisis drills and encourages students to study civics.
Culture war comes to CT in debate on trans rights in nursing homes

1 day ago | ctmirror.org | Mark Pazniokas

In rising last week to make his first speech to the Connecticut House of Representatives, Rep. MJ Shannon, D-Milford, stepped onto one of America’s culture-war battlefields: a debate over transgender rights that President Donald J. Trump is intent on erasing.
CT budget deal could hinge on education funding

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf

The General Assembly must overcome unprecedented challenges to adopt a new budget before its session ends June 4. But the biggest hurdle legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont need to clear involves local schools. Aggressive budget caps are leaving education and other core programs hundreds of millions shy of what majority Democrats say is necessary to meet current needs, and officials fear larger cuts in federal aid are coming this summer as Congress wraps an unprecedented effort to slash aid to states.
Who decides if CT, U.S. are in a recession? Here's what to know

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Erica Phillips

Editor’s Note: This article is part of CT Mirror’s Spanish-language news coverage developed in partnership with Identidad Latina Multimedia. Lea este artículo en español. Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group — can make the call on whether the United States economy is in a recession or not.
CT traffic's place in the ozone

3 days ago | ctmirror.org | Jim Cameron

Our air stinks. In fact, Fairfield County ranks in the top 25 of most polluted areas in the U.S., mostly due to ozone levels. And while much of those noxious gases drift our way from New Jersey and New York City, a large part of our pollution is home-grown. It’s due to heavy volumes of traffic, especially diesel trucks, which emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) —key ingredients in ozone formation. Yes: I-95 is hazardous to your health.
With federal funding in flux, a CT farmer went back to Washington

4 days ago | ctmirror.org | Lisa Hagen

Editor’s note: We are now offering an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. William “Willie” Dellacamera wasn’t planning to come back to Washington, D.C., this soon. In September, the Northford farmer made headlines when he drove his tractor from Connecticut to the U.S. Capitol after a hail storm ripped through his farm. His mission: to secure emergency federal funding for smaller farmers like him.
CT 1199 union pushes nursing home strike deadline to May 27

5 days ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf

The state’s largest health care workers’ union agreed to push a May 19 strike deadline at 51 Connecticut nursing homes back until May 27, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Friday. A spokesman for SEIU 1199NE confirmed the delay, which the Lamont administration sought.
'Never thought' American would be chosen

5 days ago | ctmirror.org | Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

The election of a new pope has Connecticut Catholics talking. Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday. Prevost took the name Leo XIV. Archbishop Christopher Coyne, head of the Archdiocese of Hartford, said he was not expecting a decision to come so soon.