Data
Southwestern CT housing prices straining owners and renters
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Rents in Fairfield County are among the highest in the nation, with median rents higher than those in the New York and Boston metro areas.
Data
CT has one of the nation’s best student-teacher ratios
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Connecticut schools have one of the best student-teacher ratios in the nation, yet teachers make up a lower percentage of overall school staff than in all but a handful of states because the state also has a large number of instructional aides and non-teaching personnel.
Drugs
18,000 now use medical marijuana in CT
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The Department of Consumer Protection’s (DCP) Board of Physicians recommended seven new conditions this year to the 22 already approved for treatment with marijuana.
Demographics
New Census estimates: Most CT cities losing residents
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Town population estimates for 2016, released by the U.S. Census Bureau today, show population declines in 15 of the state’s 19 large cities. A few in southwestern Connecticut had small gains.
Data
Report: High school bullying, alcohol and marijuana use decrease in CT
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A Trend CT report from last year showed Connecticut’s bullying rate was above the national average, but the recent figures show it has fallen below the national average of 20.2 percent. Factoring in margins of error, the figures are very close, within .04 percentage points.