Ginny Monk
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Lamont, lawmakers call for changes to CT prison debt law (opens the original)
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Following the publication of a Connecticut Mirror investigation into a Connecticut law that allows the state to assess a daily charge to incarcerated people and collect on that debt for up to 20 years after the person is released, Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders from both political parties said Wednesday they want to use the 2027 legislative session to change the law. The law, originally passed in 1995, allows the state to calculate the daily cost of incarceration then take that money fr
CT has charged as much as $347 per day for prison stays. It can mean having to sell your dead mom’s house. (opens the original)
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When Tracy DeSenti’s husband died in 2023, she was so distraught, she barely got off the couch for weeks. She showered only after her adult sons threatened to spray her with a garden hose. In the midst of her grief, as she learned to pay bills on her own and returned to work as an addiction counselor, a letter arrived from the state. Connecticut was demanding part of the inheritance she expected to receive from her husband’s estate. DeSenti, 57, and her husband Billy DeSenti met in 2008, soon af
They served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived. (opens the original)
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When Tracy DeSenti’s husband died in 2023, she was so distraught, she barely got off the couch for weeks. She showered only after her adult sons threatened to spray her with a garden hose. In the midst of her grief, as she learned to pay bills on her own and returned to work as an addiction counselor, a letter arrived from the state. Connecticut was demanding part of the inheritance she expected to receive from her husband’s estate. DeSenti, 57, and her husband Billy DeSenti met in 2008, soon af
More CT kids, youths accessing shelter services in 2026 (opens the original)
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The number of Connecticut youths accessing emergency shelters has increased by about 5% from 2025 to 2026, and resources for that population are thin, homeless service providers said. More than 970 children have accessed emergency shelter services in 2026, an increase from 928 in 2025 and 844 in 2024. Another 365 people aged 18 to 24 have accessed these services, according to data from the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. This comes at a time when the state has minimal shelter services
EPA settles with Putnam apartment manager over lead paint (opens the original)
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The federal government has reached a settlement requiring the management company that oversaw an apartment complex in Putnam to pay a nearly $360,000 fine for failing to warn tenants about lead paint risks. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that the Konover Residential Company, a subsidiary of the Simon Konover Company, will have to pay a fine and give residents information about the dangers of lead and provide each leaseholder copies of reports about lead at the apartmen
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