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The owners of the state’s small businesses came together for the second annual Connecticut Small Business Summit in New London County on Monday to find out what state services and resources are available to help them grow their businesses.

Insurance fairs to address ‘unwinding’ of Medicaid - Access Health CT is hosting a series of free insurance fairs throughout the state to help residents losing coverage as a result of the Medicaid “unwinding.” The fair in Meriden is being held on June 24 at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center, 175 East...

Connecticut is training people from underserved communities how to sell insurance in hopes of boosting coverage rates in racial and ethnic minority communities.

Roderick Deshun Lewis, the convicted killer and armed robber charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a Perry County jailer last year, was charged Tuesday with three counts of second-degree battery over accusations he bit, punched and pepper-sprayed Faulkner County deputies and jailers in their detention center.

James Michel said he was inspired to create the Broker Academy after Access Health CT’s Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health in Connecticut was released in February 2021.

Chalkbeat has chronicled this seesawing school year up close for the last 10 months.

As COVID hospitalization in Arkansas hit their highest levels of the pandemic, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking the state Legislature to allocate funds to open up more beds. On Monday, Arkansas reported more than 1,800 people hospitalized for COVID-19, a record high Hutchinson said is straining the health-care system. ...

Pennsylvania deployed its first state-directed healthcare "strike team" over the weekend to help support hospitals under the strain of staffing shortages in the Omicron-variant surge. Ten registered nurses arrived Saturday at Grand View Health in Bucks County, where they will pitch in for up to 14 days. Hospitals were notified last week by the state Department of Health of the process to request short-term staffing support from a strike team. ...

Connecticuts health-insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT, has launched a first-of-its-kind program for reducing health disparities and the number of uninsured people in the state. Broker Academy will help people who live and work in historically underserved communities become licensed health-insurance brokers. Beginning June 1, the three-month apprenticeship program includes mentorship from an experienced Connecticut broker, and the state covers the costs of training and exams. ...

Officials on Wednesday announced plans to train up to 100 licensed health insurance...