In The News: Rights & Justice
Advocates — SNAP Benefit Losses Doubled Worst-Case Projection
by Jamil RaglandAugust 24, 2026, 5:00 am HARTFORD, CT — The number of state residents receiving federal food assistance fell by more than 62,000 recipients over the last year as a result of changes to eligibility in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) – nearly twice as many recipients as stat...
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Data: SNAP in CT faces severe impacts from federal megabill
By Edwin J. Viera – Producer Aug 21, 2026 Listen to this story New data examined the effects of SNAP cuts under the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in Connecticut. Around 63,000 SNAP recipients have lost coverage in the state since the megabill was signed in July 2...
Authors: Edwin J. Viera • Source: PNS • View
SNAP enrollments plunge in CT following federal changes, report finds
Connecticut Public Radio | By Sujata Srinivasan Published August 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM EDT Listen • 1:14 Enrollments in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fell by more than 17% in Connecticut following passage last year of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the signature legislation...
Authors: Sujata Srinivasan • Source: CT Public • View
Nearly 63,000 people lose SNAP benefits in Connecticut
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO By Owen Kingsley Published: Aug. 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM EDT|Updated: Aug. 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM EDT MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WFSB) – Nearly 63,000 people have lost SNAP benefits in Connecticut, double what state officials anticipated. The loss has made getting daily meals a da...
Authors: Owen Kingsley • Source: WFSB • View
Connecticut residents losing SNAP benefits faster than officials predicted: Report
by: Ellie Sennhenn Posted: Aug 20, 2026 / 08:33 PM EDT Updated: Aug 21, 2026 / 05:04 AM EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut residents are losing federal nutrition benefits faster than state officials predicted, during a time of rising unemployment nationwide and looming Medicaid changes, a...
Authors: Ellie Sennhenn • Source: WTNH • View
Report: SNAP benefits vanishing faster than CT officials expected
Nearly 63,000 have lost food assistance in past year by Keith M. Phaneuf August 20, 2026 @ 4:53 pm Volunteers with Connecticut Foodshare hand out donations in front of Living Word Church at a mobile food pantry in East Hartford on November 5, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Nearly 63,000...
Authors: Keith M. Phaneuf • Source: CT Mirror • View
CT SNAP enrollment has decreased by 17% since last summer
WSHU | By Molly Ingram Published August 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM EDT Listen • 0:59 Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP, has reached a 10-year low in Connecticut. Advocates blame the sweeping tax bill championed by Republicans in Congress and signed by Pr...
Authors: Molly Ingram • Source: WSHU • View
CT has refused to raise taxes on the wealthy. Neighboring states have done it
CT has refused to raise taxes on the wealthy. Neighboring states have done it By Keith M. Phaneuf | CT Mirror PUBLISHED: July 3, 2026 at 5:44 AM EDT | UPDATED: July 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM EDT For decades, Connecticut’s strategy regarding its income tax has been simple: Tax the rich at lower ra...
Authors: Keith M. Phaneuf • Source: CT Mirror • View
CT remains national leader in child well-being despite stagnation
Edwin J. Viera 10th June 2026, 13:13 Connecticut ranked seventh in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Book, which evaluates states based on child well-being. The state scored well in health and economic well-being. It ranked third for education, a place it has held almost every year...
Authors: Edwin J. Viera • Source: Public News Service • View
Kids Count conveys mixed picture of how children fare in CT
by Laura Tillman June 8, 2026 @ 4:11 pm Connecticut moved up in a national ranking that uses data to rate how well children are doing state-to-state, moving from eighth to seventh place. The 2026 Kids Count is compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and state partners like Connecticut Voices for...