One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. … Continue reading ‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead
Of all the agonizing final moments of George Floyd’s life, as he gasped for air from beneath a police officer’s knee, the … Continue reading A Minnesota death resonates in Connecticut: ‘A constant message that our lives don’t matter’
Connecticut
After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state … Continue reading Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported
The next Connecticut income tax debate is heating up — but not at the Capitol. A key state legislative caucus … Continue reading Progressives look to bring CT’s tax fairness debate to the grassroots level
Widespread testing at nursing homes across Connecticut has begun, part of a push by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to curb … Continue reading Widespread testing has begun at nursing homes. So far, staff are excluded
Last summer – months before the novel coronavirus began its deadly race across Connecticut – dozens of residents at a … Continue reading Nursing Homes Hit Hard By COVID-19 Had More Staffing, Infection control problems before pandemic
Connecticut
The CT Mirror covered a story in which all 14 members of the state Senate Republican minority called Thursday for … Continue reading Senate GOP wants special session on nursing homes