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CT resident could be Trump’s education secretary</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/gdebenedictis/">Gabby DeBenedictis</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-24T07:30:00">February 24, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-26T13:50:38-05:00">February 26, 2025 @ 1:50 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <aside class="wp-block-group full-width"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div></aside> <broadstreet-zone zone-id="151028" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,explain,page" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone> <h5 style="padding-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #dadada;text-transform:uppercase;">More in CT Mirror Explains</h5> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-borders is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:70%"> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-3 is-1 is-landscape show-category has-text-align-left has-more-button" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="1012117"> <article data-post-id="1110598" class="tag-distilling-explainer category-explain-archive category-government newspack_spnsrs_tax-ct-mirror-explains type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/17/ct-federal-grants-pause-effects/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="How fallout from Trump’s federal grants pause has affected CT" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1110224" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/donald-trump-03/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Daniel Torok","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"@Daniel Torok","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DONALD TRUMP 03" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>President Donald J. Trump sits in front of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 21, 2025.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DONALD-TRUMP-03-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/news/government/">Government</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/17/ct-federal-grants-pause-effects/" rel="bookmark">How fallout from Trump’s federal grants pause has affected CT</a></h2> <p>Here’s a look at what the aftermath of Trump’s directive to pause federal financial assistance has meant, and could mean, for Connecticut.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/ct-mirror-explains/">CT Mirror Explains</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-17T07:30:00">February 17, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-19T14:29:20-05:00">February 19, 2025 @ 2:29 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1109702" class="tag-distilling-explainer category-explain-archive category-budget-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/10/ct-budget-ned-lamont-proposal-explained/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="CT budget: What’s in Lamont’s $55.2B proposal?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1109405" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2025_0205_sr_budgetday_0809/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.2","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5m2","caption":"Gov. Ned Lamont begins his budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Hartford.","created_timestamp":"1738775724","copyright":"","focal_length":"70","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Gov. Ned Lamont begins his budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Hartford.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0205_SR_BudgetDay_0809-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/news/budget-economy/">Money</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/10/ct-budget-ned-lamont-proposal-explained/" rel="bookmark">CT budget: What’s in Lamont’s $55.2B proposal?</a></h2> <p>Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled a $55.2 billion biennial CT budget on Wednesday. Here’s what it would mean for several areas of state funding.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/ct-mirror-explains/">CT Mirror Explains</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-10T07:30:00">February 10, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T13:56:52-05:00">February 12, 2025 @ 1:56 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1108635" class="tag-distilling-explainer category-explain-archive category-health newspack_spnsrs_tax-ct-mirror-explains type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/ct-long-term-care-insurance-rates-explainer/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="CT long-term care insurance prices are skyrocketing. Here’s what to know." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1094296" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2024_0103_sr_adriana_015/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1067" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"X-T4","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1704309334","copyright":"","focal_length":"23.4","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015" data-image-description="<p>ltci</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Adriana Falcón Trafford took out a long-term care insurance policy in 2001. When she signed up for the plan, the annual premium was $2,608. Now, it’s close to $7,000.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_0103_SR_Adriana_015-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/news/health/">Health</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/ct-long-term-care-insurance-rates-explainer/" rel="bookmark">CT long-term care insurance prices are skyrocketing. Here’s what to know.</a></h2> <p>Prices are soaring due to miscalculations by insurers on how long people would live, the price of care and how many would need it.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/ct-mirror-explains/">CT Mirror Explains</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-03T07:30:00">February 3, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-05T12:50:30-05:00">February 5, 2025 @ 12:50 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1107814" class="category-explain-archive category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/01/27/stone-academy-lawsuit-settlement-explained/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Stone Academy lawsuit: What to know about settlement agreement" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1033113" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/20230322_stoneacademy_whaven_yk_019/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Yehyun Kim","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark IV","caption":"A closed building of Stone Academy in West Haven. After the nursing school abruptly closed on Feb. 15, educational plans of hundreds of students are left in limbo. Attorney General William Tong launched an investigation into potential violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by the for-profit organization in February.","created_timestamp":"1679509637","copyright":"Yehyun Kim \/ CT Mirror","focal_length":"35","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A closed building of Stone Academy in West Haven, which abruptly closed in February 2023.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322_StoneAcademy_WHaven_YK_019-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/news/education/">Education</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/01/27/stone-academy-lawsuit-settlement-explained/" rel="bookmark">Stone Academy lawsuit: What to know about settlement agreement</a></h2> <p>Multiple lawsuits were filed after the abrupt closure of Stone Academy almost two years ago. Now, a preliminary settlement has been reached.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/ct-mirror-explains/">CT Mirror Explains</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-27T07:30:00">January 27, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-30T13:41:36-05:00">January 30, 2025 @ 1:41 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1107104" class="tag-distilling-explainer category-explain-archive category-health newspack_spnsrs_tax-ct-mirror-explains type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/01/20/prospect-medical-holdings-ct-bankruptcy-effects/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Prospect Medical, owner of 3 CT hospitals, files for bankruptcy: What to know" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-800x600.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-600x450.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-400x300.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-200x150.jpeg?crop=1 200w" sizes="auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1053288" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2023_0927_sr_hospitals_004/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Shahrzad Rasekh","camera":"X-T4","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1695837268","copyright":"","focal_length":"24.2","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Rockville General Hospital is one of three hospitals in Connecticut owned by Prospect Medical Holdings.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-336x224.jpeg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_0927_SR_Hospitals_004-771x514.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/news/health/">Health</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/01/20/prospect-medical-holdings-ct-bankruptcy-effects/" rel="bookmark">Prospect Medical, owner of 3 CT hospitals, files for bankruptcy: What to know</a></h2> <p>Prospect Medical Holdings filed for bankruptcy amid ongoing complications related to the sale of its three CT hospitals to Yale New Haven Health.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ctmirror.org/author/ct-mirror-explains/">CT Mirror Explains</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-20T07:30:00">January 20, 2025 @ 7:30 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-23T14:51:23-05:00">January 23, 2025 @ 2:51 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1106190" class="tag-feature-story 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As a digital navigator at the library, O\u00d5Connor provides one-on-one instructions to help the residents utilize digital devices, including applying for jobs and paying their rent online.","created_timestamp":"1670275188","copyright":"Yehyun Kim \/ CT Mirror","focal_length":"31","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="20221205_AndreO’Connor_Bridgeport_YK_005" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Andre O’Connor, left, walks through setting up a Chromebook account at the Bridgeport public library main branch on Dec. 5, 2022. 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