Concentrated poverty is when the majority of people in one neighborhood or area are surviving off of a poverty level income, ...

A new report re-examines how to measure Connecticut's poverty rates. Some findings show Supplemental Poverty Measure-based rates rose more than 12 percent in 2022 from nearly 8.5 percent in 2021.

Such news reports indicating worsening poverty and social disintegration in Connecticut may be dismissed as anecdotal or sensationalist. But last week the state's United Way organization published ...

A new report re-examines how to measure Connecticut's poverty rates. Some findings show Supplemental Poverty Measure-based rates rose more than 12% in 2022 from nearly 8.5% in 2021. Child poverty ...

By Keith M. Phaneuf | ctmirror.org Like many single parents, Sarah Desenclos struggles at times to make ends meet. The ...

The Jennings Creek fire is currently burning across 3,500 acres, officials said, and is expected to grow to over 5,000 acres.

Like many single parents, Sarah Desenclos struggles at times to make ends meet. The 37-year-old mother of two makes between ...

The race between Democratic State Rep. Sarah Keitt and former Republican Town Committee Chair Melissa Longo has a 40-vote ...

More questionable is that about 11.1 percent of Americans live in poverty despite this national wealth. However, the acceptance that poverty for some is an unfortunate consequence of free markets ...

In addition, another team of cyclists will leave Manchester, Connecticut, on July 27, travel through New York, New Jersey and Delaware and join up with the cross-country team in Baltimore for the ...