A recent survey says 10% of child care centers in Connecticut have not reopened since the pandemic shut down. The large majority of Connecticut manufacturers are struggling to find workers, New York’s candidates for governor clash over crime, and this weekend will mark the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy hitting our region.
Lingering effects of the pandemic
![Damaris Mejia says the profit margin for her in-home childcare business is so thin she sometimes forgoes her own pay to meet bills.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/60b4789/2147483647/strip/true/crop/639x479+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2022%2F07%2F08%2Fimg_1436-a2d41e5ee9da2050aa5385d5c607f905299c5e27.jpg)
Jennifer Ludden
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NPR