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It would target "high poverty, low opportunity" areas, where 30% or more of the residents have incomes below the federal poverty line.
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Frankie and Johnny take a look at what’s in a new proposed state budget — and what's not. Also, who’s going to win the Super Bowl and what does it mean for Connecticut?
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About 125,000 Connecticut kids didn’t have enough to eat in the fall of 2021.
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More than 600,000 Connecticut children live in households that could lose millions of dollars in federal assistance next month if Congress remains gridlocked over President Biden’s latest pandemic recovery plan.
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Could providing $11,000 to every child born into poverty close the state’s wealth gap, one of the worst in the nation?Legislation headed for the…
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Universal Basic Income, a program popularized --by presidential candidate Andrew Yang, might be coming to a Connecticut city. This hour, we talk with…
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According to a 2019 report by the Federal Reserve, the typical white family in America has five times the wealth of the typical Hispanic family and eight…
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Connecticut lawmakers passed a bill two years ago that gradually increases the state minimum wage to levels that will peak in 2023 at $15 per hour. At…
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Connecticut, 38% of the state’s residents were already struggling to make ends meet -- that’s according to a new report…
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A line of people bundled in thick coats, scarves and gloves formed along the outer edges of a small parking lot earlier this month at Elm Ridge Park in…