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Child advocates call for more DCF budget transparency
Child advocates called for more transparency in Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families budget process, saying they could not determine whether the agency had enough funding without earlier access to its proposals. DCF has an $836 million budget, which advocates described as chronically underfunded. The concerns surfaced at an October State Advisory Council meeting, when leaders of the oversight...
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Conn. Congressman Pushes Bill as Coronavirus Prompts Social Security Scramble
The effects of the coronavirus may reduce Social Security payments for millions soon eligible to retire. A Connecticut congressman has been leading the charge to change this. Your Social Security payments have been determined in part by a formula that includes your earnings at age 60, two years before you’re eligible. Connecticut Congressman John Larson said for people turning 60…
