Jenna Carlesso

Special @ctmirror investigation: Connecticut has one of the largest shares of older adults in the country and a sizeable insurance presence. Yet, an industry at the intersection of elder care and insurance is in turmoil 🧵 ctmirror.org/2025/01/26/ct-…

PODCAST: CT doctors now sue patients more than hospitals do over medical bills ctmirror.org/2026/04/21/pod…

Lawsuits by doctors and other non-hospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut. CT Mirror and KFF Health News analyzed thousands of lawsuits against patients. This is the first story in a series. ctmirror.org/2026/04/19/ct-…

Lawsuits by doctors and other nonhospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut, legal records show, accounting for more than 80% of cases filed against patients in recent years. @NoamLevey, @JNCWriter & Katy Golvala report ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

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New: Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent. propub.li/4di7xXs

Often overshadowed in the attention around Trump’s pardon decisions is the emotional and financial devastation left behind. Few clemency decisions illustrate that more clearly than the case of Joseph Schwartz. propublica.org/article/joseph… @jeremykohler

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has given up enforcing the state public records law. #FOIA @BostonGlobe bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/met…

For months, a group of long-term care insurance policyholders has traveled the state, trying to form a grassroots coalition to prompt legislative reform. Relief from soaring rate increases is a top priority. ctmirror.org/2026/02/03/lon…

How it feels to be the only one who perceives a malicious vibe from someone that everyone else likes

A stat worth knowing: McKinsey the consulting firm has more employees than there are journalists of any kind in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx

CT Mirror wins national award for long-term care insurance reporting ctmirror.org/2025/11/13/ct-…

@FOX9 @CTMirror The FOX 9 recipients are @nateoneal and Casey Hooker. The CT Mirror recipients are @JNCWriter, Andrew Brown, @davealtimari and Katy Golvala. @AngelasInk of @SpotlightPA received an honorable mention for her work investigating elder abuse in Pennsylvania. nationalpress.org/awards/the-aar…

.@FOX9 and the @CTMirror have won the 2025 AARP Awards for Excellence in Journalism on Aging in the large and small categories, respectively. Both winners covered the troubled industry of long-term care insurance. nationalpress.org/award-story/fo…

48 hours of homelessness in Connecticut: The faces and stories of a growing crisis | “Where do people go when there’s nowhere to go?” a social worker asked. ctinsider.com/projects/news/… by @insider_ct

Trump ordered to pay SNAP benefits; CT officials still want to help ctmirror.org/2025/10/31/tru…

SNAP cuts to families in CT will hit harder than any other state ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/ct-…

Follow @Andy_Ed_Brown for updates from the trial of former deputy state budget director Kosta Diamantis, accused of using his position to solicit tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from construction contractors.

Union to Lamont: Don't invest our pension funds in Connecticut Sun ctmirror.org/2025/09/19/ct-…

Trump's DOJ is pushing allegations of voter fraud that have been compiled by a group that CT's election watchdog agency has admonished for wasting the state's time and resources. ctmirror.org/2025/09/19/ct-…