Ginny Monk

For months, a New Haven teenager has been in the middle of two tenant-landlord disputes. His story points to the rise of tenant unions in CT.

It started with a leak. It was a trickle of water that turned into a stream, pouring from the bathroom ceiling into Jim and Seamus Blau's

As officials asked whether a CT psychiatric facility was safe enough for adolescents, another question loomed: If not, where would they go?

The episodes highlight the fragile nature of the state’s safety net for children and how problems at one key provider can have a domino effect on the entire system

The Regulations Review Committee is scheduled to vote on whether to change the regulation later this month

Lawmakers are set to decide this month whether to increase the number of 2-year-olds allowed in classrooms at early childhood care centers, a complicated decision demonstrating the push-and-pull between attempts to fill a child care shortage and maintain high-quality care for young children.

The report highlighted what it called promising plans and a need to do more to cut down on housing costs in rural parts of eastern CT.

Housing affordability has long been a politically difficult issue in Connecticut. Housing advocates have argued for statewide reform to zoning laws

In March of last year, Jaquedah Williams put a blanket over her head as she sorted through belongings to throw away or move as she faced an eviction order from New Haven to leave the encampment where she and several other people had been living in the West River Memorial Park. Activists helped residents of the encampment pack and move their belongings, while some pitched tents on the site to protest against the city forcibly clearing the site. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public

Frontline workers reported that they'd taken second jobs, accessed food pantries or gone without food to make ends meet.