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Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time

by Lisa Backus October 13, 2021, 5:00 amOctober 13, 2021, 3:45 pm

Jordan DeAngelo tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 23, one week before paid time off for pandemic-related illnesses for personal care assistants, known as home care workers, ran out. Since Sept. 30, DeAngelo and thousands of other PCAs represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union who care for medically fragile adults in their […]

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Group Home Strike Looming

by Lisa Backus October 11, 2021, 8:10 pmOctober 12, 2021, 5:58 am

Waterbury Put On Notice Over Use of School Police

by Lisa Backus October 8, 2021, 5:00 amOctober 7, 2021, 10:12 pm

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State Employees Claim Agency Denies Promised Telework

by Lisa Backus September 24, 2021, 12:00 pmSeptember 24, 2021, 10:31 am

Supporting The Foster Families Who Support Children

by Julie Martin Banks June 4, 2021, 1:50 pmJune 4, 2021, 4:18 pm

Image of one of several tents within a homeless encampment next to I-84 in Hartford on Tuesday, March 20, 2021 (Doug Hardy / CTNewsJunkie)

Advocates Helping Homeless Seek Funding to Pay Staff

by Julie Martin Banks March 31, 2021, 5:00 amMarch 30, 2021, 9:53 pm

Independent Living Centers Call For Full Funding

by Julie Martin Banks March 24, 2021, 5:00 amMarch 23, 2021, 9:43 pm

Senate Sends PILOT, Welfare Liens, Commuter Tax Bill To Lamont

by Christine Stuart March 1, 2021, 5:05 pmMarch 9, 2021, 11:17 pm

Social Services

Home Care Workers Arrested Protesting Payroll Problems

by Lisa Backus February 12, 2021, 5:00 amMarch 12, 2021, 4:05 pm