The Accountability Project is an investigative reporting initiative from Connecticut Public. Our team of reporters provide a deep focus on Connecticut issues including education, the economy, business, housing and government. The investigative reporting team is part of CT Public’s larger strategic plan to expand news and information gathering statewide, and restore trust and accountability in our state.
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Learn More About Our Investigative Reporters: Walter Smith Randolph | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas | Jim Haddadin
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A CT teacher was fired for using the N-word & stereotypes in class. Now, she’s getting her job back.Three years ago, a Connecticut high school teacher was fired for violating a non-discrimination policy when she taught a lesson plan that magnified racist stereotypes during Black History Month. Now she’s headed back into the classroom after she won her job back. -
On Thursday at 8 p.m., Connecticut Public's CUTLINE show on CPTV will spotlight changes to Connecticut’s juvenile justice system and the voices of teenagers.
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Artificial intelligence techniques hold the promise to jumpstart investigative reporting, including at small news organizations.
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Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed new legislation that speeds up the time it takes young offenders to be seen by a judge and to get access to therapy and other services. The laws also allow judges to order GPS monitoring to track repeat juvenile offenders. Bob Stefanowski says he supports the reform, but if elected, he plans to use the state’s budget surplus to invest in more youth programs.
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Gov. Lamont is spending 35% less each year than his predecessor to build affordable housing, and the panel that must give the nod for construction to move forward is meeting one-third as often. State records show that a growing amount of money earmarked for housing is going unspent.
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The School Building Projects Advisory Council will evaluate window design when it takes over responsibility for reviewing and updating the state's school safety criteria in July.
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Connecticut’s merged School Safety Infrastructure and School Building Projects Advisory councils will meet for the first time. It comes three months after Connecticut Public's Accountability Project found the infrastructure council was not upholding its legislative mandate.
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The probationary period for a Connecticut charter school has been extended for at least seven months. This comes a year after the state found that the school was out of compliance with state laws and the school’s board was unable to provide effective leadership. Now our Accountability Project has found that the school’s accrediting agency is investigating the school’s climate and culture after former teachers complained of what they call a toxic work environment.
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An investigation by The Accountability Project found hundreds of foreclosure cases in which fees were too high, and diminishing oversight by the state.
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A group of Trinity College students spent a semester taking the 87-page Sheff v. O'Neill agreement filled with hard-to-digest numbers and legal jargon and translating it into a few graphics to help the public understand how far the state is from the agreement's goal.
