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It was a tale of two sections in the House of Representatives on Thursday, where a bill designed to address the dropoff in state benefits as income rises found bipartisan support for its first section and stiff opposition for its second section.

A Connecticut law expanding state-sponsored insurance coverage to certain children regardless of immigration status has seen explosive demand since it went into effect nearly 14 months ago.More than 11,000 children 12 and under who wouldn't otherwise qualify for Medicaid because of their immigration

Advocates want CT to expand coverage to residents 18 and under regardless of immigration status, but budget constraints present a challenge.

Lawmakers in the State House of Representatives and Senate voted in favor of appropriating the COVID funds to the federally-backed Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

CT lawmakers authorized an extra $17M for winter heating assistance, so households that exhausted CEAP payments can get supplemental funding.

Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, who co-chairs the Planning and Development Committee, said it's an issue that needs to be addressed. (Courtesy of CT-N)

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Just over 1,000 people are living outside in Connecticut, and thousands more are homeless and staying indoors, including a baby who was born to a mother living in a homeless shelter in the northwest p...

Providers have held a series of conversations and press conferences to call attention to what they’ve said is a homelessness crisis in CT.

There are about 1,000 people experiencing homelessness in the state, and that’s a record number for Connecticut. However, the number of unhoused residents is likely higher.