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“Sanctuary” List Disappears

4 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independentNew Haven no longer appears on a public list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” targeted for federal-financial punishment by the Trump administration. That’s because that list no longer appears to exist online — as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took it down from its webpage several days after the list was first published.
Civil Rights Leader, Sickle Cell Fighter Dies

4 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independentJim Rawlings, a civil rights champion and health equity advocate who spent decades fighting for everything from good jobs for Black New Haveners to investment in research and treatment for those struggling with sickle cell disease, has died at the age of 81. Rawlings passed away on May 25, according to his official obituary, which was posted to the Curvin K. Council Funeral Home’s website on Sunday and which is printed in full below.
State Deal With Prospect Medical Holdings Allows For Hospital Consolidation

6 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Viktoria Sundqvist

by Viktoria Sundqvist CTNewsJunkieWaterbury Hospital on Robbins Street in Waterbury, CT, one of three Connecticut hospitals owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. Credit: Viktoria Sundqvist / CTNewsJunkieThe state has agreed to a settlement with Prospect Medical Holdings, which will allow the owner of three Connecticut hospitals to reduce services at one of them and consolidate two of them.
House Passes Health Care Bill Featuring Safe Harbor Fund, Gender-Affirming Care Protection

6 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Karla Ciaglo

by Karla Ciaglo CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT — After a lengthy debate marked by impassioned speeches and several rounds of voting on amendments, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care equity bill Wednesday night, sending it to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. Senate Bill 7, which passed on a 92-55 vote, includes broad protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care, as well as emergency services, opioid response efforts and public health infrastructure.
Blumenthal Urges Younger Adults To Get Cancer Screenings

6 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Jamil Ragland

by Jamil Ragland CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT — Citing what they called an “unspeakable tragedy,” health officials were joined by Sen. Richard Blumenthal this week to raise the alarm about increasing rates of cancer for younger Americans. “We’re here about, essentially, a phenomenon that is truly alarming, which is young people are afflicted increasingly at higher rates with cancer.
Advocates Raise Alarm Over Potential Changes To State Energy Policy

6 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Jamil Ragland

by Jamil Ragland CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT — Under the watchful eye of the Nathan Hale statue in the state Capitol building Thursday afternoon, advocates asked leaders in the General Assembly to maintain multiple energy assistance programs that they say are at risk of being gutted or outright removed in the waning days of the legislative session.
Alders Honor Four Teens

6 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Laura Glesby

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independentThree decorated national boxing champions and a Pulitzer-winning writer visited the Board of Alders chamber in City Hall this week as honored guests. All of them were teenagers. The teens — Amir Foster, Amare Foster, Troy Moore, and Rania Das — gathered inside the Board of Alders chamber Tuesday night to receive aldermanic citations from Newhallville/Dixwell/Prospect Hill Alder Troy Streater and Beaver Hills Alder Gary Hogan.
House Speaker Floats One-Year Budget Proposal; Lamont Says That Would Be ‘A Mistake’

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Donald Eng

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT (Updated 4:30 p.m.) — The state legislature is eyeing a fiscal tactic not seen in half a century to deal with state budget uncertainty. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday morning that a one-year budget was “very much in play” and looking “more and more likely.”The state by statute adopts a 2-year budget in odd-numbered years. Ritter said the biennial budget has been in effect since the 1979-80 fiscal year.
ICE Raids in Martha’s Vineyard

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | April Ryan

By April Ryan“I am shook, saddened, and sickened to my core,” responds India Rose, owner/founder of the Martha’s Vineyard Black-Owned Business Directory, in response to ICE raids in Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The round-up of illegal migrants has produced arrests, according to reports. Authorities were wearing vests that also read DEA, FBI, and police. The policing units used unmarked cars ferried to the island to locate migrants.
World’s Youngest Alzheimer’s Patient is Only 19 Years Old!

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Christian Carter

by Christian Carter,BlackDoctor.orgIf you’re like most people, when you think of Alzheimer’s Disease, you picture an old person who can’t remember things or someone losing his/her memory. But in recent years, younger people have been diagnosed with the disease. Recently, a 19-year-old was diagnosed with the debilitating disease, causing concern for the next generation.