Can Baby Bonds Fight the Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality? Connecticut Aims to Find Out.
Connecticut is the first state to enact and fund a baby bonds program. Can it make a difference?
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Connecticut is the first state to enact and fund a baby bonds program. Can it make a difference?
Trust fund babies tend to get a bad rap. But Rhode Island General Treasurer James Diossa wants more of them — 4,600 a year more, to be exact. That number is based on estimates included in Diossa’s 2024 legislative package unveiled at the State House on Jan. 24. These would not be your stereotypical, spoiled […]
Bill Turner of Stonington will serve as the grand marshal of the 2024 Mystic Irish Parade, which kicks off in downtown Mystic at 1 p.m. March 24. Irish parade officials made the announcement last ...
Norwich ― State Treasurer Erick Russell said Monday night that a new baby bond program will help address cycles of generational poverty in Connecticut. “Connecticut is one of the wealthiest states in ...
Statistics reflect the truth that hard work and luck are not enough to escape generational poverty. In the United States, for example, only...