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Bill Looks to Extend Concrete Assistance Program
The company set up by the state to give financial assistance to hundreds of homeowners with crumbling concrete basements may get more time to get its work done.
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Outrage Prompts Board to Reverse Decision to Change Form of Government in Somers
Taxpayers in Somers gave town leaders an earful after a vote that changed the town’s form of government, turning over daily operations from the first selectman to an unelected administrator instead.
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Strong Words on Slavery: Concerns Raised After Email Blast by CT Professor
A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.
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Bloomfield Fire District Employee Terminated Over PPP Loan
A Connecticut fire district has terminated the employee who got it a Paycheck Protection Program loan that raised questions last year.
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CT School Districts Seek to Enrich Learning After Year of COVID-19
As some students struggle after more than a year of closures, remote learning and other disruptions during the pandemic, school districts are looking at ways to help those students get back on track.
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Letter Details COVID-19 Concerns at Connecticut DMV Branches
Unions representing hundreds of employees at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles have expressed “serious” concerns about COVID-19 at one of the agency’s largest branches. Union leaders said their warnings have fallen upon deaf ears from DMV management. In an April 2 letter to DMV management obtained by NBC Connecticut Investigates, union leadership stated there has been a “sudden spike”…
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Fire District Returns Paycheck Protection Program Loan
A Bloomfield fire department has voted to return a $120,459 paycheck protection program loan it received.
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Water Customer Win: Class Action Suit Netted CT Ratepayers Significant Savings
A large chunk of Connecticut homeowners just received hundreds of dollars’ worth of credits on their water bills to settle a major class-action suit. NBC Connecticut Investigates started digging into their story more than seven years ago. That’s when the Metropolitan District Commission, or MDC, the main water supplier in greater Hartford, was accused of overcharging roughly 9,000 customers....
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COVID Variant Hunter: Even Vaccinated Should Keep Wearing Masks
A leading virus researcher says the current crop of vaccines should stop you from getting hospitalized, or seriously ill from new strains of COVID-19 that are emerging.
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Stimulus Stock Surge? Some Pandemic Aid Checks May Go Straight to Wall Street
Much of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan just passed in Washington will come in the form of stimulus checks to millions of Americans. The pandemic has left many food insecure, with long lines at food distribution centers a normal site. It is easy to imagine how that group will use their latest stimulus checks. Others, however, will spend that…
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