And after the CTMirror sought public records related to this, the state DMV initially said it would cost $47,000 to comply with the FOIA request.
NEW: “It may be just a car to some, but for my family it was sanity, peace of mind stolen from us.”
In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
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In Connecticut, tow companies can sell people’s cars after 15 days. For low-income residents, the consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
w/ @ctmirror.org
propub.li/3DDzcC6
Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars
A law intended to deal with abandoned vehicles is making it hard for low-income people to get their cars back after they’re towed. The consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
propub.li
January 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And after the CTMirror sought public records related to this, the state DMV initially said it would cost $47,000 to comply with the FOIA request.
Congratulations to New Havens very own CTMirror for receiving its first Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on their 'On the Hook' series!
The deep dive into predatory towing practices by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari with ProPublica has led to real change in CT!
The deep dive into predatory towing practices by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari with ProPublica has led to real change in CT!
May 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congratulations to New Havens very own CTMirror for receiving its first Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on their 'On the Hook' series!
The deep dive into predatory towing practices by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari with ProPublica has led to real change in CT!
The deep dive into predatory towing practices by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari with ProPublica has led to real change in CT!
Just sent to Publisher and ExecEditor at CTMirror. "BlueSky There is a steady exodus from Twitter and this subscriber would like to be able to read Mirror posts over there. Double up for a while until the traffic builds."
November 8, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Just sent to Publisher and ExecEditor at CTMirror. "BlueSky There is a steady exodus from Twitter and this subscriber would like to be able to read Mirror posts over there. Double up for a while until the traffic builds."
The great news is CTMirror has started doing that already (I just bridge all orgs). They’re definitely the most on here
go.bsky.app/FJnZHQ1
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December 5, 2024 at 11:39 PM
The great news is CTMirror has started doing that already (I just bridge all orgs). They’re definitely the most on here
go.bsky.app/FJnZHQ1
go.bsky.app/FJnZHQ1
ctmirror.org/2025/11/16/c...
judging by a joint propublica-ctmirror piece published *checks watch* yesterday, id be correct
judging by a joint propublica-ctmirror piece published *checks watch* yesterday, id be correct
Are CT towing companies undervaluing cars to sell them faster?
Some Connecticut tow companies have made a pattern of valuing cars low and then selling them, a CT Mirror and ProPublica analysis found.
ctmirror.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ctmirror.org/2025/11/16/c...
judging by a joint propublica-ctmirror piece published *checks watch* yesterday, id be correct
judging by a joint propublica-ctmirror piece published *checks watch* yesterday, id be correct
Following Gov. Lamont’s veto of HB 5002, lawmakers will spend the coming weeks reworking the bill—negotiating town planning mandates, parking reforms & possibly tying school construction $$ to affordable housing.
@CTMirror: ctmirror.org/2025/07/01/c...
#CTHousing #HB5002 #CTLeg
@CTMirror: ctmirror.org/2025/07/01/c...
#CTHousing #HB5002 #CTLeg
Lamont vetoed CT HB 5002. What could the reworked bill include?
Lawmakers will adjust the bill, with debate likely to focus on controversial issues like mandates to build housing and parking requirements.
ctmirror.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Following Gov. Lamont’s veto of HB 5002, lawmakers will spend the coming weeks reworking the bill—negotiating town planning mandates, parking reforms & possibly tying school construction $$ to affordable housing.
@CTMirror: ctmirror.org/2025/07/01/c...
#CTHousing #HB5002 #CTLeg
@CTMirror: ctmirror.org/2025/07/01/c...
#CTHousing #HB5002 #CTLeg
Soo whats interesting here is CTMirror is reporting the Republican won but no margin given just “according to party leaders”
ctmirror.org/2025/02/25/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/02/25/c...
February 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Soo whats interesting here is CTMirror is reporting the Republican won but no margin given just “according to party leaders”
ctmirror.org/2025/02/25/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/02/25/c...
ctmirror does the sort of deep-dive local reporting that is fast becoming extinct.
January 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ctmirror does the sort of deep-dive local reporting that is fast becoming extinct.
Over the last 7 days, the Connecticut Sun have torn down their squad faster than a contractor on adderall.
To give up being a perennial top 4 team in the league representing Ct basketball fans is a disgrace.
John Fisher is jealous, the rest of us are appalled.
#HartfordCourant
#CtMirror
To give up being a perennial top 4 team in the league representing Ct basketball fans is a disgrace.
John Fisher is jealous, the rest of us are appalled.
#HartfordCourant
#CtMirror
February 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Over the last 7 days, the Connecticut Sun have torn down their squad faster than a contractor on adderall.
To give up being a perennial top 4 team in the league representing Ct basketball fans is a disgrace.
John Fisher is jealous, the rest of us are appalled.
#HartfordCourant
#CtMirror
To give up being a perennial top 4 team in the league representing Ct basketball fans is a disgrace.
John Fisher is jealous, the rest of us are appalled.
#HartfordCourant
#CtMirror
Mutual aid in New England:
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-no...
Sources:
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/10/27/f...
Map Credit: Sasha Allen at CTMirror
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-no...
Sources:
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/10/27/f...
Map Credit: Sasha Allen at CTMirror
SNAP benefit cuts will hit CT harder than any other state, data says
CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.
ctmirror.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mutual aid in New England:
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-no...
Sources:
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/10/27/f...
Map Credit: Sasha Allen at CTMirror
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-no...
Sources:
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/10/27/f...
Map Credit: Sasha Allen at CTMirror
Thank you for reporting on the no confidence in Cheng resolution passed by CT State Community Colleges Senate, Jacqueline.
#Connecticut
#Lamont
#ctmirror
#Connecticut
#Lamont
#ctmirror
February 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thank you for reporting on the no confidence in Cheng resolution passed by CT State Community Colleges Senate, Jacqueline.
#Connecticut
#Lamont
#ctmirror
#Connecticut
#Lamont
#ctmirror
Looks like the @CTGOP is campaigning inside the L.O.B! Is this even LEGAL? 🤔 Asking for a friend! 🤔 What do you think @CTSotS @hartfordcourant @CTMirror @FOX61News @WFSBnews @NBCConnecticut @WTNH???
March 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Looks like the @CTGOP is campaigning inside the L.O.B! Is this even LEGAL? 🤔 Asking for a friend! 🤔 What do you think @CTSotS @hartfordcourant @CTMirror @FOX61News @WFSBnews @NBCConnecticut @WTNH???
Some promising news from Connecticut - a new bill stopping libraries from entering into ebook contracts that prevent them from performing customary functions like ILL, preservation copies etc, as we know a lot of ebook contracts do! It’s a small step to poke publishers to change practice… #ebookSOS
Connecticut Ebook Bill Passes! — Readers First
Ginny Monk from the CTMirror is reporting that the Connecticut legislators have passed the much-desired (by library patrons and librarians, anyway) ebook bill. It has yet to be signed by Governor ...
www.readersfirst.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Some promising news from Connecticut - a new bill stopping libraries from entering into ebook contracts that prevent them from performing customary functions like ILL, preservation copies etc, as we know a lot of ebook contracts do! It’s a small step to poke publishers to change practice… #ebookSOS
My latest op-ed, "Let's Make Modest Homes Legal Again," is up on the CTMirror website this morning. #housing #affordablehousing #connecticut
ctmirror.org/2026/03/03/l...
ctmirror.org/2026/03/03/l...
Opinion: Let's make modest homes legal again
I am weary of the false cry of “local control” as an excuse for making modest homes illegal.
ctmirror.org
March 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
My latest op-ed, "Let's Make Modest Homes Legal Again," is up on the CTMirror website this morning. #housing #affordablehousing #connecticut
ctmirror.org/2026/03/03/l...
ctmirror.org/2026/03/03/l...
ICYMI: Operation Fouled Anchor draws more attention as more sexual assault survivors who attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London come forward. By @LA_Hagen @CTMirror
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/06/12/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/06/12/con…
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 AM
ICYMI: Operation Fouled Anchor draws more attention as more sexual assault survivors who attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London come forward. By @LA_Hagen @CTMirror
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/06/12/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/06/12/con…
ctmirror.org/2025/08/18/c...
#RepCoreyParis
#CTMirror got access to & published some of the threatening messages he’s received.
#RepCoreyParis
#CTMirror got access to & published some of the threatening messages he’s received.
CT Rep. Corey Paris threatened after ICE reposts call to file charges
The @LibsofTikTok X account called for a CT legislator to be charged for 'helping illegals evade arrest.' The official ICE account reposted it.
ctmirror.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
ctmirror.org/2025/08/18/c...
#RepCoreyParis
#CTMirror got access to & published some of the threatening messages he’s received.
#RepCoreyParis
#CTMirror got access to & published some of the threatening messages he’s received.
Connecticut senators warn that Trump’s “punishable by death” rhetoric toward veteran Democrats is a presidential death threat that normalizes political violence. #Trump #DeathThreat #PoliticalViolence #DemocraticVeterans #USSenate #CTMirror
CT senators blast Trump 'death' threat against veteran Dems
Sen. Chris Murphy said he’s ‘never seen anything like’ Trump's posts. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said the president was 'normalizing violence'
ctmirror.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Connecticut senators warn that Trump’s “punishable by death” rhetoric toward veteran Democrats is a presidential death threat that normalizes political violence. #Trump #DeathThreat #PoliticalViolence #DemocraticVeterans #USSenate #CTMirror
A new @CTMirror analysis finds that more than half of the affordable housing units CT funded over the past 6 years were rehabilitated homes, not new construction.
heyor.ca/t86R8Y
heyor.ca/t86R8Y
Much of state-funded affordable housing in CT is rehabbed property
It wasn't clear from the Office of Legislative Research report how much the properties actually expanded the state's overall housing stock.
heyor.ca
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A new @CTMirror analysis finds that more than half of the affordable housing units CT funded over the past 6 years were rehabilitated homes, not new construction.
heyor.ca/t86R8Y
heyor.ca/t86R8Y
Stephen Miller’s dismissal of No Kings protesters as “elderly white hippies” reflects an authoritarian playbook: ridicule dissent, recast protest as a threat, and justify repression. #Trump #NoKings #Indivisible #50501Movement #InformationWarfare #NarrativeSuppression #Veterans #CTMirror
Opinion: The revenge of 'elderly white hippies'
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller dismissed the anti-Trump “No Kings” protesters as a bunch of “elderly white hippies.” Let's break that down.
ctmirror.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stephen Miller’s dismissal of No Kings protesters as “elderly white hippies” reflects an authoritarian playbook: ridicule dissent, recast protest as a threat, and justify repression. #Trump #NoKings #Indivisible #50501Movement #InformationWarfare #NarrativeSuppression #Veterans #CTMirror
Branford, Conn., police failed to use a 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. Days later, he killed his girlfriend and himself. @CTMirror worked with @projomike's @UConnJournalism students to document the state law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
Conn. ‘red flag’ law is being applied unevenly, analysis shows • Rhode Island Current
Despite a recent spike, Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation red-flag gun law is applied unevenly across the state.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Branford, Conn., police failed to use a 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. Days later, he killed his girlfriend and himself. @CTMirror worked with @projomike's @UConnJournalism students to document the state law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
Branford, Conn., police failed to use a 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. Days later, he killed his girlfriend and himself. @projomike's @UConnJournalism students worked with @CTMirror to document the state law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
Conn. ‘red flag’ law is being applied unevenly, analysis shows • Rhode Island Current
Despite a recent spike, Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation red-flag gun law is applied unevenly across the state.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Branford, Conn., police failed to use a 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. Days later, he killed his girlfriend and himself. @projomike's @UConnJournalism students worked with @CTMirror to document the state law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
Branford, Conn., police failed to use the state’s 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. He killed his girlfriend and himself days later. @CTMirror worked with @projomike's @UConnJournalism students to document the law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
Conn. ‘red flag’ law is being applied unevenly, analysis shows • Rhode Island Current
Despite a recent spike, Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation red-flag gun law is applied unevenly across the state.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Branford, Conn., police failed to use the state’s 25-year-old red flag law to take a disturbed man’s guns away. He killed his girlfriend and himself days later. @CTMirror worked with @projomike's @UConnJournalism students to document the law's uneven use.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/04/14/con…
As Conn. @GovNedLamont calls for forensic audits to determine how nursing homes are spending state dollars, a @CTMirror analysis of provider financial documents reveals what providers are telling — and not telling — the state. By @davealtimari @JNCWriter
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/03/17/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/03/17/con…
Conn. lawmakers push for more transparency in nursing home spending • Rhode Island Current
As more nursing homes close and others are bought by out-of-state private equity companies, Connecticut lawmakers want to scrutinize more closely how nursing homes are spending millions of dollars in Medicaid funds — and require that more of it be used for resident care.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:06 AM
As Conn. @GovNedLamont calls for forensic audits to determine how nursing homes are spending state dollars, a @CTMirror analysis of provider financial documents reveals what providers are telling — and not telling — the state. By @davealtimari @JNCWriter
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/03/17/con…
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/03/17/con…