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 Black and Puerto Rican Caucus announced its legislative priorities Wednesday. Legislators want to address disparities in housing, voting rights, health care, and education in the 2022 session.
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Motor fuel prices spiked when Russia launched an invasion into Ukraine last week. Senator Richard Blumenthal said Congress should suspend the federal gas tax to lower prices. But experts say that approach won’t solve the problem. -
Ukrainian Americans across Connecticut gathered to pray for family members, friends and Ukrainians being ousted from their home by a Russian invasion. About 30 people went to St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven Thursday night to pray. -
The Connecticut congressional delegation came out hard early Thursday denouncing the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military. -
A bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers is co-sponsoring a bill that would require supermarkets to periodically donate unsold food that’s still edible. Republican and Democratic lawmakers expressed support for expanding food donations to help those in need, but there was debate over whether to mandate them. -
Child poverty rose nationally last month because of the end of an expanded Child Tax Credit, according to new data from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. -
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Thursday show Connecticut had more job openings and fewer layoffs than any other time in the last two decades. -
Food prices increased 0.9% in January according to the latest inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But inflation impacts low-income residents and what they can buy at the supermarket more than others.
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Manufacturers in the Naugatuck Valley have been getting creative throughout the pandemic, as they’ve been squeezed on all sides by inflation, supply chain holdups and labor shortages. The impact is indiscriminate, affecting the supply of everything from cleaning materials to Valentine’s Day chocolates. -
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin joined Vice President Kamala Harris at a virtual “Tax Credit Day of Action” to encourage people to file their taxes to take full advantage of the newly expanded tax credits for 2021.
