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About 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system remain on strike asking for better pay, childcare support and commuting subsidies.

State agencies, excluding the University of Connecticut, spent $77.9 million on overtime between July 1 and Sept. 30, the first quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal year, according to a new report from the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Zaya Powell, 25, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, a division of the Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services, has been awarded a $13.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration through its Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment project, which is designed to decrease the use of subminimum wages and increase access to competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities.

Press Releases 10/31/2022 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $13.9 Million Grant To Increase Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals With

State of California

Spending on services for Californians with developmental disabilities varies widely by race, ethnicity and where they live, according to a new report.

Michael Barnett Lilley, who was left in a wheelchair after the crash that ended his police chase last year, was placed in the custody of the state mental healthcare system.

A psychiatric patient who had been on the run and considered dangerous has now been caught. State Police said 32-year-old Michael Malone escaped Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg.

Governor Youngkin Announces Accelerated Social Worker License Process