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Learn More About Our Investigative Reporters: Walter Smith Randolph | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas | Jim Haddadin
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A group of Trinity College students spent a semester taking the 87-page Sheff v. O'Neill agreement filled with hard-to-digest numbers and legal jargon and translating it into a few graphics to help the public understand how far the state is from the agreement's goal. -
Connecticut paid $106,000 to assess public school facilities through a no-bid contract arranged by Kosta Diamantis, who stopped running the state's school construction office amid an FBI investigation into his tenure.
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This is the first edition of our new Reporter's Notebook series which is a part of The Accountability Project's new newsletter. You can sign up, here.
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This is the second article in a two-part series: "Rent Paid, Still Evicted." Wednesday, we explored the uptick in no-fault evictions and the impact on renters. Today, we explore solutions. On Friday at 9 a.m. listen to CT Public's Where We Live as we dive into this topic further.
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Dozens more households faced eviction each week during the pandemic, despite paying rent. As no-fault evictions rose to half of all filings, here's how a hot housing market and eviction restrictions didn't help these two women and many others.
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This comes a month after Gov. Ned Lamont earmarked $90 million for air quality upgrades, following reporting by Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project that one-third of school districts don’t have the money to upgrade their own HVAC systems.
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Many requests for government records are left hanging in limbo for months, frustrating transparency advocates and citizens alike.
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Connecticut Public reached out to the entire Hartford delegation. All of the lawmakers expressed concerns with the Sheff settlement’s lack of focus and resources for traditional neighborhood schools.
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The governor has earmarked $90 million in his budget. This comes just a month after our Accountability Project found that one-third of districts say they can’t afford the upgrades.
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Vacancies on Connecticut's School Safety Infrastructure Council have prevented the group from reviewing its criteria, as required by state law.
