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$5M CIF grant to upgrade wastewater infrastructure in two Norwalk neighborhoods
A State Committee voted Tuesday to award Norwalk a $5.14 million grant. It will pay for “a new wastewater infrastructure project to address continuous and erratic flooding in the Lockwood and Heather Lane neighborhoods,” a news release from the Office of State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25) said. “The project will separate the combined…
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Charting CT: Recreational weed sales are getting higher
Since recreational marijuana sales started in January, $68,979,910 worth of products have been sold, an average of about $9.8 million per month.
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CT promises discounts on drug prescriptions
Connecticut, home to some of the biggest actors in industries blamed for the opaque practices that shape prescription drug prices, is about to take a small step towards transparency and lower prices. On Oct. 2, Connecticut will become the first eastern state to partner with Navitus Health, the pharmacy benefit manager behind the free ArrayRX…
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Charting Connecticut: Big jump in calls to CT’s suicide hotline
In July 2022, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, formerly a 10-digit phone number, converted to 988 in hopes that a three-digit number would be more accessible to people in distress. Anybody could dial 988 and be connected to a trained counselor in the state their area code corresponds to. States were expecting an influx of calls given…
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Climate change has hit CT hard this year. Are we ready for more?
On July 17, the very same day a host of Connecticut officials and farmers stood alongside the mud and deep water inundating farms along the Connecticut River and lamented the second flood in a week, Willie Dellacamera surveyed his 120-acre farm in the Northford section of North Branford. Yeah, there was mud in a few spots…
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A shortage of engineers is slowing down work at ConnDOT, officials say
A shortage of engineers is complicating the state Department of Transportation’s efforts to upgrade and repair Connecticut’s roads and bridges, officials told the CT Mirror. Although officials gave varying estimates as to how many jobs need to be filled in the department in coming years — from 10% to more than 40% of the ideal…
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Save the Sound beach report highlights water quality in the Sound
More than 75% of about 200 public beaches along the Long Island Sound received an “A” or “B” grade for their water quality, according to a new beach water report from Save the Sound, a regional nonprofit focused on environmental action. Southwest Connecticut had three of the highest scoring beaches in Connecticut over the past…
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Dathan highlights just-completed legislative session
NORWALK, Conn. — State Rep. Lucy Dathan (D-142) met with constituents to highlight the results of the 2023 legislative session. “I am just so proud that we had such a good, strong bipartisan state budget,” Dathan said at Norwalk Community College. “We joined the budget as well as the implementer bill in the same package.…
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Simms Foundation, though dormant, selected by Simms for $150K in State budget
State Rep. Travis Simms (D-140) has chosen to send $150,000 in taxpayer money to a foundation that bears his name, a foundation that may or may not exist as a legal entity.
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CT’s 2023 legislative session has ended. What does that mean for you?
The Connecticut General Assembly’s 2023 legislative session ended last week. Lawmakers introduced hundreds of bills, and around 330 were passed by both the House and the Senate. Here’s a look at some of the bills likely to impact many Connecticut residents. Traffic camera option for municipalities Connecticut municipalities would have the option to use automated…
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Quentin Williams and wrong-way driver both drunk in fatal crash, officials say
Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams, D-Middletown, and the wrong-way driver blamed for the crash that claimed both their lives in January were legally drunk, officials familiar with the state police toxicology report said Tuesday. Expecting the imminent release of the police report, House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, told House Democrats in a closed caucus to prepare…
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Connecticut’s highway rankings see sharp turnaround, 5th in the nation
Connecticut accelerated up the ranks of Reason Foundation’s annual ranking of state highway systems, rising 26 places to be ranked the fifth best highway system in the country, according to the latest Annual Highway Report.
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Inside Oddities: Hunting for UFOs in Connecticut
Michael Panicello didn’t initially set out to become the State Director of Connecticut’s Mutual UFO Network chapter. When he first joined the organization, abbreviated as “MUFON,” he was looking to satisfy a curiosity stoked by cable documentaries and a desire to dig deeper into the unexplained.
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Duff to Norwalk Transit District (and its new CEO): Carry on
“After numerous conversations with representatives of the Norwalk Transit District, we will be putting a hold on our proposed legislation to dissolve the Norwalk Transit District and merge the services into the operations of the Connecticut Department of Transportation,” State legislators said.
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House confirms Carleton Giles to Board of Pardons and Paroles
Former Norwalk Police Officer Carleton J. Giles, who oversaw an exponential increase in sentence commutations last year as chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, was confirmed as a rank-and-file member Thursday by a divided House of Representatives. Gov. Ned Lamont removed Giles as chair two weeks ago and ordered a review of commutations…
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FBI arranged meeting with Capitol Police over threats to lawmakers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arranged for a meeting with officers from Connecticut’s State Capitol Police (SCP) at the FBI’s Meriden office over SCP’s concerns about an increase in email and online threats and harassment of state lawmakers, according to emails received through a Freedom of Information request.
