/the-reporters-notebook The Reporter’s Notebook en-US Copyright Tue, 06 May 2025 18:57:18 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-05-06/reporters-notebook-how-surging-book-challenges-spurred-ct-lawmakers-to-act Measures introduced in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ would immunize librarians from legal liability over reading materials, and create a more uniform approach for book challenges. Tue, 06 May 2025 18:57:18 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-05-06/reporters-notebook-how-surging-book-challenges-spurred-ct-lawmakers-to-act Maysoon Khan /the-reporters-notebook/2025-04-01/reporters-notebook-connecticut-school-districts-prepare-for-shakeup-in-federal-funding Federal money sustains many key services, from special education programs to support for districts with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:50:32 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-04-01/reporters-notebook-connecticut-school-districts-prepare-for-shakeup-in-federal-funding Jim Haddadin /the-reporters-notebook/2025-03-04/reporters-notebook-what-changed-after-scathing-report-on-connecticut-psychiatric-facility The report sounded an alarm about systemic failings to protect patients at a state-run psychiatric facility in New Haven. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:32:38 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-03-04/reporters-notebook-what-changed-after-scathing-report-on-connecticut-psychiatric-facility Maysoon Khan /the-reporters-notebook/2025-02-04/reporters-notebook-celebrating-50-years-of-the-connecticut-freedom-of-information-act Fifty years ago, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ passed a pioneering law that guarantees the public the right to see everything from government contracts to the mayor’s emails. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:26:50 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-02-04/reporters-notebook-celebrating-50-years-of-the-connecticut-freedom-of-information-act Jim Haddadin /the-reporters-notebook/2025-01-07/reporters-notebook-looking-at-linda-mcmahons-time-on-the-connecticut-board-of-education McMahon is a longtime trustee of Sacred Heart University, and served for about one year on the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Board of Education between 2009 and 2010. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:18:50 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2025-01-07/reporters-notebook-looking-at-linda-mcmahons-time-on-the-connecticut-board-of-education Maysoon Khan /the-reporters-notebook/2024-12-03/reporters-notebook-defining-the-role-of-connecticuts-prison-ombudsman Attorney DeVaughn Ward said he's pushing for transparency from the state, and more support from the legislature. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:26:39 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2024-12-03/reporters-notebook-defining-the-role-of-connecticuts-prison-ombudsman Jim Haddadin /the-reporters-notebook/2024-11-05/reporters-notebook-connecticuts-promise-to-wipe-criminal-records-still-unfulfilled The Accountability Project recently explored the complications that have derailed implementation of º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's Clean Slate law, affecting more than 100,000 people who are estimated to be eligible. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:33:29 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2024-11-05/reporters-notebook-connecticuts-promise-to-wipe-criminal-records-still-unfulfilled Jim Haddadin /the-reporters-notebook/2024-10-01/reporters-notebook-how-connecticuts-juvenile-review-boards-help-troubled-teens Members of the state's Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee are looking at how to provide more equitable access diversionary programs. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:38:40 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2024-10-01/reporters-notebook-how-connecticuts-juvenile-review-boards-help-troubled-teens Ashad Hajela /the-reporters-notebook/2024-08-27/reporters-notebook-maysoon-khan-joins-connecticut-publics-investigative-reporting-team As an investigative reporting fellow, Khan will pursue stories that hold elected officials accountable, and add a layer of scrutiny to public programs. Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:23:15 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2024-08-27/reporters-notebook-maysoon-khan-joins-connecticut-publics-investigative-reporting-team /the-reporters-notebook/2024-07-23/reporters-notebook-enduring-summer-heat-in-a-connecticut-prison Most º£½Ç»»ÆÞ prisons have centralized cooling systems. But that isn't the case at Osborn Correctional Institution, a medium security prison in Somers that houses more than 1,100 people. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:46:47 GMT /the-reporters-notebook/2024-07-23/reporters-notebook-enduring-summer-heat-in-a-connecticut-prison Ashad Hajela