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After Staffer Scandal, Rep. Esty Won't Seek Re-Election
Because her chief of staff allegedly abused one of her other employees and wasn't immediately fired, Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty of Connecticut has announced she won't run for re-election. → Read More
Tourism Season Begins In Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is officially declaring itself open for tourism, three months after Hurricane Maria. The island needs the tourism dollars, but some visitors worry about vacationing amid the destruction. → Read More
'Necesitamos La Música': Puerto Ricans Recovering From Maria Embrace The Arts
Many Puerto Ricans are still without electricity and basic services three months after Hurricane Maria. Some are prioritizing song, dance and celebration to feel more at home again. → Read More
Thousands Of Puerto Ricans Have Left But This 90-Year-Old Is Staying Put
Alejandro La Luz Rivera misses his patio, his wife and his old life in Puerto Rico. He went to the mainland briefly, but says he won't leave his home. → Read More
'Their Minds Were Full Of Maria': After-School Group Brings Normal Back
The stress of living in Puerto Rico without running water, electricity or Internet is especially affecting children. But they are slowly finding a new normal. → Read More
In One Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Health Care Volunteers Frustrated By Logistics
Blanca Ortiz-Torres was sitting in a Puerto Rican oasis. She was at a working bakery in the tiny mountain town of Maricao that had both a generator and a cistern and, as a result, could serve cold drinks, hot coffee, fresh pastries, and pizza. But she wasn’t happy about it. She and a volunteer team of doctors, nurses, and psychologists didn’t travel three hours from San Juan to one of the… → Read More
Volunteers Work To Get Clean Water In Rural Puerto Rican Towns
A month after Hurricane Maria hit, a million people in Puerto Rico still lack clean water. A group of volunteers is bringing their own water purification to remote towns. → Read More
Hartford Father Sold His Car To Bring Sons Home From Puerto Rico
Guillermo Class just couldn’t wait any more. The reports he was getting from his two teenage sons living in Puerto Rico weren’t good. Food and water were getting to them and their mother. But not enough. “I just spoke to my son the other day. He said they bought food, they bought water, and whoever got got, and whoever didn’t, didn’t get, you know?" he said. "For me to know that I’m in Hartford,… → Read More
One Woman's Quest To Help Family And Others With Food In Puerto Rico
Veronica Montalvo once called Connecticut home. Now, she lives in San Juan. After Hurricane Maria, she set out to help those in need by offering food, supplies, and connecting friends and family online. → Read More
UConn Doctor: Fuel And Generators Priorities For Puerto Rican Health Clinics
Dr. Robert Fuller visited five primary clinics in Puerto Rico Wednesday -- gong clockwise around the island from San Juan to Arroyo and then north to Caguas. Each of the clinics he visited had the same story: they were running on diesel power, using only small portions of their facilities to conserve power, and limiting their hours. Not one was able to shoot an x-ray. “This is why we’ll see some… → Read More
Without A State Budget, Hartford Is Weeks Away From Insolvency
As the state continues to operate without a budget, the impact on the city of Hartford only get more dire.Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has long said his city → Read More
Former Hartford Mayor Pleads Guilty To Two Charges, Ends Years of Legal Fighting, Avoids Jail
Former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he accepted a bribe from one contractor and tried to extort another, ending a decade-long saga that forced him from office in 2010, changed this city’s political landscape, and forever linked his “local boy does good” story with the word corruption. Appearing in a largely empty courtroom with only his lawyer at his side, the… → Read More
Facing $49 Million Hole, Hartford's Bronin Won't Rule Out Bankruptcy
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has released his $612.9 million budget proposal to the City Council, one that avoids layoffs, cuts funding to most community organizations, assumes more labor concessions, understaffs departments, and still has a $49 million hole. But there's no more to cut, Bronin said, without compromising the city. "You can’t cut millions of dollars out of the budget that we've… → Read More
To Reduce Bias, Some Police Departments Are Rethinking Traffic Stops
In Hamden, Conn., minority drivers were pulled over more often than whites for defective equipment, such as broken taillights. So the police changed their strategy. → Read More
Details On Death Certificates Offer Layers Of Clues To Opioid Epidemic
Deaths from opioid overdoses are on the rise, and we know that because of data on death certificates. States determine who fills them out and what information they record. And that can vary widely. → Read More
A Nurse’s Lesson: Babies In Opioid Withdrawal Still Need Mom
One hospital in Connecticut gives babies and moms fighting addiction a quiet room where they can be together as the drugs leave their systems. → Read More
A Nurse’s Lesson: Babies In Opioid Withdrawal Still Need Mom
One hospital in Connecticut gives babies and moms fighting addiction a quiet room where they can be together as the drugs leave their systems. → Read More
To Help Newborns Dependent On Opioids, Hospitals Rethink Mom's Role
When a woman addicted to opioids gives birth, she is too often dismissed as an obstacle to her infant's health. A Connecticut hospital is challenging that attitude — and the culture of care. → Read More
A Tale Of Two Obamacare Co-Op Insurers: One Standing, One Falling
Co-ops, the startup, nonprofit insurance companies ushered in by the health law, have failed in 12 states. But 11 co-ops are still hanging on. → Read More
John Daley, Colorado Public Radio
By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio October 26, 2016 KHN Original Proposition 106, on Colorado’s ballot next month, would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to people who have less than six months to live. A recent poll shows strong support for the measure. By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio September 12, 2016 KHN Original Gun shop owners and public health workers in… → Read More