Ginny Monk / CT Mirror
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What is perfectly clear to, Judy Cournoyer, is that there’s a need in Killingly for more mental health resources. And if her son’s 2009 death can help other students get help, she wants to find a way to make it happen.
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Close to 90% of schools already teach about climate change, but it will be required by state law beginning in July 2023.
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As the number of evictions in Connecticut spikes, the state legislature has set aside $5 million for eviction prevention programs through the Department of Housing, including an expanded “rent bank” that aims to help tenants and landlords handle missed rent and avoid an eviction.
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A bill that would have enhanced state funding for all types of public elementary and secondary schools bogged down this spring amid fears that it would force primary education and early childhood development programs to compete for the same dollars.
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Measure would have boosted aid for magnet, charter, vo-ag schools
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Connecticut’s full assistance program for homeowners who were affected financially by COVID-19 is now open for applications.
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Many UConn students are set to pay more than $600 extra in fees per year beginning in July, one of a few adjustments the state university’s Board of Trustees made to student payment programs Wednesday.The increases were put in place in part to combat rising costs of dining and materials, which have become more expensive because of supply-chain issues during the pandemic.
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Conservatives are pitted against advocates over a mental health center at the school.
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A regional affordable housing plan for some of the wealthiest communities in Connecticut could allow towns to pay a fee and count housing units in neighboring towns toward their affordability goals, a move that critics say could worsen segregation.
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About 125,000 Connecticut kids didn’t have enough to eat in the fall of 2021.