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As many Wyomingites await their 2023 federal income tax refunds, a new National Priorities Project report breaks down how the money they wont get back is being spent. Co-author Lindsay Koshgarian, program director for the National Priorities Project, said this years Tax Receipt shows that - while many school districts in Wyoming and across the U.S. are facing major budget cuts - the average taxpayer is contributing thousands of dollars to military contractors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin...

Missouri residents are gaining new insights into the powerful role of food in health care as experts and organizations advocate for a shift toward food-as-medicine initiatives. Kelsey Gardiner, assistant professor of nursing and health studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, emphasized the critical link between access to healthy food and improved health outcomes. She noted individuals facing food insecurity often experience higher rates of chronic diseases, highlighting the urgent ne...

A new report finds Connecticuts recently released prison population is facing reentry challenges. The State of Reentry report found resources and services are lacking for formerly incarcerated people. Between 2022 and 2023, 14% of the population said they would be homeless upon release. ...

Career Resources, Inc., in partnership with the Correction Department and Judicial Branch, recently released a report and held a panel discussion at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on the barriers individuals tend to face when reentering society following incarceration.

CT's Reentry Welcome Centers — places where people released from prison can get support — are losing funding even though prisons are closing.

A new report is calling on Connecticut to provide more funding and social services to help people who are formerly incarcerated.

Career Resources Inc. (CRI), a workforce development nonprofit, has announced plans to launch The Bridge on Main, an initiative designed to provide job training and placement services for individuals returning to the workforce.

Connecticut has made significant strides in criminal justice reform in the past decade, with the clearest example the closure of prisons due to falling inmate populations. Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that Willard Correctional Institution in Enfield will be closing this year, the latest in a series of moves as the states prison population has decreased by 44% since 2012.

Former West Haven Mayor Richard Borer said under a vigorous examination by board member Richard Brown that Ganim never admitted to him the crimes he committed.

“We’re very excited about it,” the group’s president and CEO said.