November 30: Connecticut state officials and health insurance experts are urging people to pick health plans now before it’s too late to secure coverage for 2021, which will see a continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term impacts. READ MORE »

November 30: Completion rates for low-income Black and Latinx students enrolled in Connecticut’s two-year public colleges were already low before COVID-19 hit, and the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges they face. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is helping out some of those students through grants it has awarded to five community colleges. FULL STORY »

November 30: As COVID-19 drags on and advocates continue to pressure state officials to release people from prisons and jails, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has a tool that, in the words of the U.S. Supreme Court, gives them “unfettered discretion” to commute a person’s sentence and shorten the length of time spent behind bars. But the BOPP has not issued a commutation since 2019 and is not currently accepting applications. READ MORE »

November 30: State public health officials say 151 towns are now at the highest alert level for COVID-19. Connecticut is made up of 169 cities and towns. That means the latest DPH data indicate only 12 towns, mostly in the northwest corner of Connecticut, remain outside the state’s two most urgent COVID response frameworks. READ MORE »

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