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States pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay soars
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (984+ words) by Associated Press, CT Mirror August 20, 2026 Win or lose, the North Carolina Tar Heels already will be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University in a game played in Dublin. They will…...
CT providers work to curb HUSKY losses from ‘Big Beautiful’ bill
22+ hour, 59+ min ago (995+ words) by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror August 19, 2026 Connecticut officials are gearing up for sweeping changes to Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that provides insurance coverage for low-income Americans. Medicaid, known as HUSKY in Connecticut, covers around 939,000 residents, or a quarter of…...
Opinion: The science that protects our children doesn't take a summer vacation
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (338+ words) by Tony Sheridan, CT Mirror August 19, 2026 As Connecticut families finish their summer breaks, allow me to offer an important reminder: vaccines are safe, effective, and backed by decades of rigorous scientific evidence. Yet recent measles outbreaks across the country demonstrate…...
Will CT’s new healthcare affordability measures lower costs?
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1701+ words) by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror August 18, 2026 For years, Connecticut lawmakers and elected officials have been laboring to understand — and curtail — rapidly rising healthcare costs. They first gathered data to measure annual growth in healthcare spending and established benchmark growth rates....
PODCAST: Methadone access expands in CT
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (592+ words) by CT Mirror's Long Story Short, CT Mirror August 17, 2026 Using methadone to detox from other opioids can come with stigma. One program is hoping to ease that. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Calista Oetama to discuss her article,…...
CT’s first state-funded methadone vans expand access to treatment
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1491+ words) by Calista Oetama, CT Mirror August 16, 2026 Mobile methadone units did not exist in Connecticut when Frankie DeJesus started his recovery in 2012. He wishes they did. DeJesus, a recovery support specialist for Community Health Resources, has spent nearly all his life in…...
Stowe Center explores independence in Black abolitionists' stories
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (755+ words) by Reginald David, CT Mirror August 14, 2026 There is the Declaration of Independence Americans learn about in school, the one signed in Philadelphia in 1776 and celebrated every July 4. Then there are thousands of more personal, individual declarations of independence that came…...
CT is installing free sunscreen dispensers. Here's where to find one
1+ week, 3+ day ago (763+ words) by Kat Ramkumar, CT Mirror August 10, 2026 This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to distill our wide-ranging reporting into a "what you need to know" format and provide practical information to our readers. Melanoma is one…...
Trinity Health CT hospitals cited for patient safety more than others
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1648+ words) by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror August 9, 2026 Two Connecticut hospitals owned by one of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the country have struggled in recent years with serious shortcomings when it comes to patient care. Since 2023, hospitals operated by…...
Opinion: As a new school year begins, let's put children's mental health first
1+ week, 6+ day ago (890+ words) by Gisselle Acevedo, CT Mirror August 7, 2026 As another school year begins, parents across our community are busy checking supply lists, buying backpacks, adjusting sleep schedules, and preparing children for the excitement and sometimes the anxiety that comes with returning to…...