Connecticut has long prided itself on protecting employees in ways that go beyond federal mandates. In 1991, for example, our state was one of the first to outlaw employment discrimination based on ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the state’s congressional delegation joined disability rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday to rally against anticipated federal ...

After months of advocacy, Gov. Ned Lamont is backing off a proposal that would've cut funding to a community-based Medicaid program serving more than 7,200 residents. Community First Choice, or CFC, ...

May 28— Laura DiErrico had a history with Connecticut's Medicaid program long before she joined a lawsuit against the department that administers it. DiErrico is one of two plaintiffs represented ...

An effort to expand Medicaid eligibility for elderly and disabled individuals got an extra push at the state Capitol Thursday. HUSKY C is a kind of Medicaid that applies to Connecticut residents who ...

Students with disabilities are being placed in out-of-state, private special education schools with little oversight, which is leading to injuries and an overuse of restraints and seclusion, according ...

DiErrico is one of two plaintiffs represented by Disability Rights Connecticut and the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic in a civil rights lawsuit against the state Department of Social Services. Filed ...