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Category: Poverty

A CT Transit bus
Posted inTransportation

Community Leaders Worry Reinstatement Of Bus Fares Will Be A Hardship For Many

Avatar photo by Julie Martin Banks March 21, 2023, 5:00 amMarch 20, 2023, 10:45 pm

Advocates say the impending return of fares for all buses and ADA para-transit on April 1 will mean people will have a difficult time getting to their jobs and medical appointments, so they are hoping the state can find a way to continue the suspension of bus fares. 

Connecticut State Capitol Building
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Is ‘Sin’ Paying for Our Government?

Avatar photo by Jamil Ragland March 9, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 8, 2023, 10:56 pm
Posted inChild Welfare

Committee Advances Ongoing Free School Meal Proposal

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid February 28, 2023, 2:34 pmMarch 24, 2023, 4:39 pm
Opinion
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Fund CT Baby Bonds to Address Gender and Race Wealth Gap

JANÉE WOODS WEBER by Janée Woods Weber February 28, 2023, 10:15 amFebruary 28, 2023, 2:57 pm
Billionaires In An Alternate Universe
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | The Hostage Situation: Taxing the Rich Despite The Threats

Avatar photo by Susan Bigelow February 21, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 8, 2023, 2:42 pm
Affordable Housing and the Economy
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Connecticut Residents Say They Want More Affordable Housing; What Should Legislators Do?

Avatar photo by Susan Bigelow February 14, 2023, 4:45 amMarch 8, 2023, 3:19 pm
The state Capitol building in Hartford within an outline of Connecticut.
Posted inPoverty

Connecticut Baby Bonds Program Remains Stalled

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid February 9, 2023, 5:00 amFebruary 9, 2023, 1:29 pm
Posted inHealth Care

Lamont Considering Program to Erase Medical Debt As Part of Budget Proposal

Avatar photo by Christine Stuart February 2, 2023, 2:30 pmFebruary 2, 2023, 2:07 pm
I'm Losing My Sense of Humor
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Laughing Your Way To Happiness

Tom Purcell, CagleCartoons.com by Tom Purcell January 13, 2023, 4:45 amJanuary 13, 2023, 12:53 am
Posted inEconomic Justice

How State Taxes Make Inequality Worse

Avatar photo by Melissa Hellmann, Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi for Public Integrity December 1, 2022, 8:00 pmDecember 7, 2022, 3:34 pm

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