Afternoon Briefing Thursday, May. 5, 2022

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By Kelan Lyons — CT can no longer take money won in lawsuits to pay for the cost of a person's imprisonment — unless they've been convicted of certain crimes.

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By Mark Pazniokas — The House voted 142-1 to designate Juneteenth a legal holiday in Connecticut. The overwhelmingly positive vote belied a difficult debate.

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By Yehyun Kim — On the last night of the 2022 legislative session, weary legislators left signs of their efforts in the House chambers.

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By Jessica Bravo — The measure is a result of a yearslong effort to ease the burdens the formerly incarcerated face after they serve their sentences.

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By Kelan Lyons — Republicans have been hounding Democrats for a year to pass legislation addressing car thefts and shootings. This session, Democrats listened.

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By Nicholas A. Fischer, Ed.D — Among the keys to school safety are improved communication, clear positive rules and consistency among all adults in enforcing rules and treating students positively.

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By Mariah Chadukiewicz — In October 2020, Congress passed legislation which designated 988 as the universal number to access the national mental health crisis hotline system, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) and Veterans Crisis Line. Since then, Connecticut has spent time planning for the implementation of this system, which will soft launch this summer, with a full-scale […]

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By Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman — Having three open seats is unusual for the Democratic ticket. The most hotly contested this weekend is the race for Secretary of the State.

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By John Miksad — Martin Luther King was correct when he said that we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools.

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CT Mirror's Economic Development reporter Erica Phillips tells host Ebong Udoma what's being done to curb the costs of health insurance premiums.

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CT Mirror Executive Editor Elizabeth Hamilton, former Hartford Courant reporter Daniela Altimari and UConn professor Amanda Crawford joined John Dankosky on April 20, 2022 for a conversation on the future of local journalism. Watch here.