Correction Ombuds News Today

With a fast-approaching May 8 deadline, officials are uncertain what happens if Hilary Carpenter isn't appointed to the CT ombudsperson role.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s selection for independent DOC oversight goes against the Correction Advisory Committee's choice of attorney Ken Krayeske.

The plan lacks the financial investments that CT social service advocates say are necessary to reverse years of financial neglect.

Many proposals were incorporated into the state budget that the CT General Assembly debated Monday and Tuesday. Here is a selection of them.

Why I am a Progressive legislator On Earth Day, some legislative colleagues and I joined about 40 young environmental activists at Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza for a “Meet Your Legislator” event hosted by the youth-led Sunrise Movement. I got there a bit early, and, standing on the stage beneath the awning, watched the young activists walk up the wooded path along the Connecticut River with garbage bags slung over their shoulders. After a morning spent picking up all manner of human detrit...