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Written by Mark Seavy If there is a path to narrowing the wealth gap in Connecticut and addressing economic inequality it might as well start at birth. The so-called Baby Bonds bill, introduced by State Treasurer Shawn Wooden earlier this year, would set up a trust controlled by the Office of State Treasurer and establish a $5,000 savings account for children born into families enrolled in the state’s HUSKY Medicaid program. When the child turns 18, the money is unfrozen and can only be used for education, housing, retirement security or investment purposes. Assuming a 6.9% return, th...

UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 9:08 pm ET Reply Common Councilwoman Darlene Young speaks about the state's $3 million infrastructure investment. Behind her, from left, are state Rep. Travis Simms, state Rep. Lucy Dathan, state Rep. Stephanie Thomas, state Sen. Bob Duff, and Mayor Harry Rilling. (Alfred Branch/Patch) NORWALK, CT — Touting it as a way to help improve the quality of life in the area, local and state political leaders, and local civic leaders, Thursday praised a state investment of $3 million to upgrade the infrastructure along the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive corridor in Sout...

Common Council member Darlene Young (D-District B), left, speaks Thursday of the benefits a $3 million grant will bring to South Norwalk, funding ideas developed by the Martin Luther King Corridor Initiative. Ar right is State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25), right, NORWALK, Conn. — South Norwalk is getting an upgrade, financed by a $3 million state grant aimed at honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. by sprucing up the areas named after him. The Martin Luther King initiative has been meeting for two yearsand now the group’s “intangible ideas (will) become tangible projects, ...

Ralph Suarez Santos, mid-March in his Cedar Court apartment. NORWALK, Conn. — Ralph Suarez Santos and Robert Pascarelli are on the warpath about what they describe as intolerable conditions at Cedar Court Senior Housing – bedbugs, rats, water that’s brown, water that is too cool for a soothing bath or to wash dishes well. Other residents, who decline to be identified, downplayed the bedbug problem, blaming it on a resident who has too much stuff in her apartment and saying management has “sprayed and sprayed.” They also described poor water quality and temperature but were chiefly u...