Whiting Hospital

FOI advocates are hailing the ruling in a 2017 case that limits Connecticut's use of patient confidentiality laws to keep records secret.

A Connecticut judge has approved a $9 million settlement between the state and the brother of a man who was abused numerous times at the state’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital.

Lawsuits involve patient abuse at Whiting Forensic Hospital and hepatitis C in the state’s correctional facilities.

Making the switch to electric vehicles could save money and lives in Connecticut, according to a study by the American Lung Association.