Ali Oshinskie
Naugatuck Valley Reporter, Report For AmericaAli Oshinskie is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. She loves hearing what you thought of her stories or story ideas you have so please email her at aoshinskie@ctpublic.org.
Ali reports on the Naugatuck River Valley with an emphasis on work, economic development, and opportunity in the Valley. Her work has appeared on NPR, Here & Now, and Marketplace.
Past public radio work includes, New Hampshire Public Radio’s The Exchange; New England News Collaborative’s NEXT with host John Dankosky; the Marketplace Morning Report with host David Brancaccio; and Connecticut Public’s talk shows, Where We Live with host Lucy Nalpathanchil and The Colin McEnroe Show with host Colin McEnroe.
Ali enjoys growing vegetables in her backyard, giving things found in the trash a second life, and a good pair of boots with arch support. She occasionally tweets @ahleeoh.
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The Commissioner of Revenue Services says taxpayers are not meeting their full tax liability, and as much as $2 billion of state tax revenue isn’t being collected. In an interview with Connecticut Public Radio, Mark Boughton lays out his plan to close the gap. -
The state gas tax holiday went into effect Friday. But the temporary reprieve impacts more than the wallet. A Yale professor says the lower price doesn’t reflect the environmental cost of burning fossil fuels. -
COVID created many challenges for transgender people. But it also gave some a chance to explore their identity. On Transgender Day of Visibility, people are reflecting on how far they've come. -
Restaurants are poised to make a comeback this spring. Outdoor dining in the state has been renewed through April 2023, and indoor dining capacity limits are now a thing of the past. Restaurant jobs are coming back — the latest employment data show that the hospitality industry has recovered 16.6% since February 2021. -
The Connecticut economy continued its comeback in February from pandemic-induced job losses. The state has recovered more than 80.5% of the jobs lost since early 2020, according to new data out Thursday from the state Department of Labor. -
State lawmakers want to suspend the state excise tax —25 cents per gallon— until the end of June. But mileage may vary for Connecticut drivers as to when financial relief comes and how much a gas tax holiday will help. -
Advocates, child care workers and owners, parents, and children are warning that child care in the state is in crisis. They gathered on the New Haven Green Tuesday for a Morning Without Child Care and demanded financial support from the state for child care. -
The Connecticut labor economy did better in 2021 than originally measured, according to data released Friday by the State of Connecticut Department of Labor. -
Consumer price index data released Thursday shows inflation is up almost 8%, with much of the impact concentrated in energy costs. Economists say consumers don’t need data to understand that costs are up but their faith in the economy is key to success. -
This legislative session, lawmakers want to award premium pay to essential workers for their hard work and sacrifice in the early days of the pandemic. Democratic lawmakers and the governor differ on how to use federal relief funds and a budget surplus to thank the workers who kept essential businesses going. The Labor and Public Employees committee will hear public testimony on Tuesday.
