4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1173+ words) by Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror September 8, 2026 Special education programs face a funding crisis this year that cannot be solved unless Connecticut reforms controversial state budget caps that have diverted billions of dollars to pay down pension debt, Comptroller Sean Scanlon…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (427+ words) by Allison Desmarais, CT Mirror September 2, 2026 One of my favorite things about growing up in Glastonbury has always been our farms. I grew up picking blueberries at Dondero Orchards and strawberries at Belltown Hill Orchards with my dad. I worked…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (795+ words) by Jim Cameron | Columnist, CT Mirror August 30, 2026 That’s a suggestion I often receive from commuters hoping that railroads who treat riders like customers instead of cattle are incentivized to offer better service. Sounds good in theory but, as the finance…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) by Andrew Brown, CT Mirror August 25, 2026 Two Democratic officials in Bridgeport rejected plea offers in court on Tuesday and chose to put their fate into the hands of Connecticut jurors who will decide whether they are guilty of repeated election-related…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (954+ words) by Associated Press, CT Mirror August 25, 2026 The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1733+ words) by Theo Peck-Suzuki, CT Mirror August 24, 2026 Gov. Ned Lamont’s Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding and Affordability has a daunting task: Reinvent Connecticut’s school funding system and produce a report with recommendations by the end of the calendar year....

3+ week, 24+ min ago   (713+ words) by Jim Cameron | Columnist, CT Mirror August 23, 2026 While Jim enjoys a “train spotting” vacation, let’s revisit this column from a while back… You’ve seen the bumper stickers: Slow down in town. They’re a nice thought. Completely useless, but nice. Apparently,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (603+ words) by Pete Harrison, Rob Freudenberg and Kyle Mason, CT Mirror August 21, 2026 To anyone looking at their electricity bill, it comes as no surprise that Connecticut has some of the highest electricity prices in the country. In 2025 CT ranked second overall…...

3+ week, 4+ day 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....

4+ week, 24+ min ago   (643+ words) by Jim Cameron | Columnist, CT Mirror August 16, 2026 What happens when a great transportation idea gets ahead of itself? Consider the story of the greatest American railroad that never got built. We are all familiar with The Twentieth Century Limited and…...