The Accountability Project is an investigative reporting initiative from Connecticut Public. Our team of reporters provide a deep focus on Connecticut issues including education, the economy, business, housing and government. The investigative reporting team is part of CT Public’s larger strategic plan to expand news and information gathering statewide, and restore trust and accountability in our state.
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City officials lauded the program as a major success since it began in 2022, saying it helps to reduce the potential for violent encounters between law enforcement and those in emotional distress. -
Hartford police are now investigating potential hit-and-run and assault charges against those involved. -
Much of the additional capacity in Connecticut's autism waiver program remains unused, in part because the state doesn't have enough staff to run the program. -
A team of scientists at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden worked around the clock to examine evidence related to the Dec. 13 mass shooting at Brown University. -
Connecticut doesn't have a way to notify people of automatic erasures under its Clean Slate law. -
Records show the Connecticut Department of Social Services doesn't have enough case managers to run the program, leaving families on the autism waiver waitlist in limbo. -
The town’s affordable housing requirement is meant to ensure new development doesn’t serve only the student population. But a new, upscale apartment complex that opened this summer is putting that assumption to the test. -
The measure prohibits most civil immigration arrests on courthouse grounds without a signed judicial warrant, and bars law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in court. -
Upscale apartment complex near UConn has affordable units. The owners can't find people to rent themWith rental housing in Mansfield in short supply, students were quickly drawn to the property. But apartments reserved for renters with moderate to low incomes remain largely empty.
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The Accountability Project sifted through hundreds of regulatory filings to document spending under Connecticut's Stakeholder Group Compensation Program.
