Inside Investigator

A Rat’s Long Tale: How a distribution facility proposal upended Middlebury
In the 2023 rush to pass a new state budget, a “rat” was inserted into the budget implementer, one of those political favors that occupy a few lines of a bill nearly 1,000 pages long, often inserted without public notice or hearing in the last minute behind-the-scenes horse trading that eventually produces the budget.  This particular budget rat, however, has a long tale: it concerned a proposed distribution center in the small, wealthy town of Middlebury. 

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Needs-based or needless? A 2,327% spike in unreturned IV drug needles.

From 2019-2023, there were 2,487,747 unreturned needles distributed by SSPs, a 2,327.57% spike that lines up with a change in policy.

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Investigative reporter Katherine Revello teams up with Conner to talk about her newest investigation, Sole Suspect: Utilizing FOIA from Behind Bars.

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 In this episode of Inside Update, Managing Editor Conner Drigotas takes the reins solo and explores some of our recent investigations. 

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We envision a better Connecticut where corruption has been rooted out.

Investigative Reporter Brandon Whiting teams up with Conner to discuss his recent investigation, "Family Feud: A Closer Look at a Disputed DDS Guardianship Case."

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Investigative Reporter Katherine Revello teams up with Conner to delve into topics of transparency, Sunshine Week, and her most recent investigation.

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FOIA Directory: https://bit.ly/4itgFIj
Transparency Update: https://bit.ly/3OeZufZ

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We envision a better Connecticut where corruption has been rooted out.

It’s not cheap or quick to evict a tenant in Connecticut.

It can take months and cost thousands of dollars, and fighting an eviction has a similar price tag. Tenant advocates say renters need more protections because the housing shortage in Connecticut leaves them vulnerable. Landlords say these protections exacerbate the problem.

As pandemic-era policies phase out, evictions are also on the rise. In 2024, there were 20,000 evictions in the state of Connecticut, slightly more than the pre-Covid average, according to the Eviction Lab.

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Partial Record: Sexual Misconduct and Transparency at CSCU
18 sexual misconduct investigations have been opened by CSCU since 2018. UConn and the Coast Guard Academy have not yet provided records.

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Toothless: Despite fraud, law lets dentists keep licenses: https://bit.ly/3EsZHuB

Lasting Marks: The human cost of the lost wage backlog: https://bit.ly/3WGY5ni

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CT was invited to join NY and other states in seceding from the United States. Could that plan come to pass?

The legislature's labor committee voted to advance two bills that would provide unemployment benefits to striking workers.

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