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‘I Did Not Sign Up for Violence': Health Care Workers Targeted by Patients
In a medical emergency, doctors, nurses and other people on the front lines in health care and social services are our lifeline. But there is a danger that these lifesavers say they are facing on the job.
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Your Safety Net Is Broken
Among the many harsh truths about American society exposed by the coronavirus pandemic is this one: Our social safety net is broken. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks at how the ripple effect of the broken safety net can be seen in things like an increase in crowdfunding campaigns to cover lost wages and health expenses and a growing strain on...
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Hartford Announces New Crisis Response Team as Part of Police Reform Plan
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin says he wants to train civilians to handle some of the calls that come to the police department. He’s committing five-million-dollars over the next four years to recruit and train this crisis response team
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Hartford Mayor ‘Reimagines' Public Safety, Will Create Civilian Crisis Response Team
“We need police,” said Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, as he announced a financial commitment to a new civilian crisis response team. Bronin said his new approach to public safety won’t replace police officers or defund their department. “What we’re talking about here is a crisis response team that is specifically focused on filling a gap,” he explained. The team...
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Hartford City Council Reallocates Police Funding
Facing fiscal hardship and calls for police reform, the Hartford City Council voted early this morning to reallocate two-million-dollars of the police department’s budget
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Montville-Area Fire Companies Volunteering to Help COVID-19 Response
The Town of Montville’s Social Services department is working to help an increasingly high number of people get access to basic needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We were busy to start with and this, literally, is just like a whirlwind coming in on top of that,” said Kathleen Doherty-Peck, director of Senior and Social Services for the town. The...
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Local Social Services Stretched During Outbreak
Local social services departments are strapped under the weight of added requests during the coronavirus outbreak, but in some cases, first responders are lending a much needed hand.
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Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect
Advocates say new guidelines that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits is prompting droves of immigrants to drop government social services
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Trump Proposal Seeks to Crack Down on Food Stamp ‘Loophole'
Residents signing up for food stamps in Minnesota are provided a brochure about domestic violence, but it doesn’t matter if they even read the pamphlet. The mere fact it was made available could allow them to qualify for government food aid if their earnings or savings exceed federal limits. As odd as that might sound, it’s not actually unusual. Thirty-eight...
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‘I Did Not Sign Up for Violence': Health Care Workers Targeted by Patients
According to data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), incidents of serious workplace violence were at least five times higher in health care than in other industries.
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New Florida Law Authorizes Statewide Needle Exchanges
Jose Garcia carried a drawstring backpack full of used syringes as he walked into the converted shipping container that serves as the base for Florida’s only hypodermic needle exchange program. The 57-year-old carefully counted as he dropped 115 syringes one-by-one into a locked biohazard bin brimming with hundreds of other used needles. Garcia said the University of Miami pilot program...
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Trump Honors Economist Who Advised Him on Lowering Taxes
President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday to economist Arthur Laffer, whose disputed theories on tax cuts have guided Republican policy since the 1980s. Laffer, 78, advised Trump during his presidential campaign and co-wrote a flattering book, “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy.” Laffer says lower tax rates change people’s behavior and...
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House Passes State Budget 86-65
The Connecticut House passed a two-year $43 billion state budget deal reached by Democrats.
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Here's Where the Jobs Are — in One Chart
Job gains in the services sectors continued to rocket higher in April as hiring remained hot for computer system designers, social workers and health-care professionals. Manufacturing, on the other hand, posted a third straight month of lackluster employment figures. CNBC studied the net changes by industry for April jobs based on the data from the Labor Department contained in the...
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As Census Approaches, Many Arab Americans Feel Left Out
Yousuf Abdelfatah already knows the answer he’ll give about his race on the 2020 census questionnaire will be wrong. He’s an Arab American, but the only race options on the census are white, black, Asian and categories for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander. Reluctantly, Abdelfatah will mark white. “If you look at me, my skin is darker,...
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Officials Discuss Threats at Windham Middle School, Assure Parents of Safety
On Thursday, students will head back to classes at Windham Middle School. It was closed on Wednesday with students on edge after two threats in the past week.
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Windham Middle School Closed on Wednesday After 2 Threats Within a Week
Students at Windham Middle School and Windham Early Childhood Center will have no school on Wednesday. The school district announced the closure after a second threat about the school within a week was posted on social media on Tuesday.
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Asylum Seekers Seeing Delays in Court Proceedings as Government Reopens
The government reopened Monday but federal departments are still feeling the burden.
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Voters Head to the Polls
Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven is historically one of the busiest polling locations in the state.
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Miami Police to Offer Opioid Addicts Rehab Instead of Jail
Miami police will use $1.6 million in federal grants to develop a pre-arrest diversion program where people with small amounts of opioids can enter a one-year outpatient treatment program.