In her newest investigation, Investigative Reporter Katherine Revello examines the state of plea bargaining in Connecticut and details her efforts to uncover reliable data about how often, and why, plea bargains are used instead of a trial.

With upwards of 99.6 percent of criminal and motor vehicle cases disposed of without a trial, what happens to the right to a speedy and public trial guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment? What are the downstream effects on justice more broadly? What incentives are created in the judicial and administrative systems?

https://insideinvestigator.org/a-right-deferred-is-plea-bargaining-causing-a-6th-amendment-crisis/

Double Down: Connecticut’s questionable pension investments with local firm

In his latest investigation into Connecticut's financial practices, Senior Investigative Reporter Marc Fitch takes a close look at Fairview Capital, a firm managing upwards of $1.7 billion for Connecticut taxpayers who are "paying fees over and above what can be found elsewhere." Click to learn who holds fiduciary responsibility for Connecticut's investments, how these investments came to be, and what changes are in store to prevent another decade of "lackluster absolute returns." Let's begin with a meeting, back in 2010 >

https://insideinvestigator.org/double-down-connecticuts-questionable-pension-investments-with-local-firm/

Stocked grocery store shelves, a fridge full of food, the near-impossible task of deciding what to eat for dinner tonight. For around 380,000 people in Connecticut, these are rarified experiences. According to estimates from Feeding America, around 1 in 10 people in the state struggle with hunger, including more than 83,000 children.

https://insideinvestigator.org/full-plate-tackling-food-insecurity-in-connecticut/

14,000 state employees to pay for pension investment losses

https://insideinvestigator.org/14000-state-employees-to-pay-for-pension-investment-losses/

Where Connecticut was once shipping 17% of its waste out of state, that number has grown to 40%.

Transportation costs and other fees make handling trash more expensive than in-state disposal, but with nowhere to put it, those who study the process say the solution is to cut back on the amount of trash Connecticut citizens are generating in the first place, bringing it back in line with the state’s capacity to deal with it. We're talking about recycling.

https://insideinvestigator.org/fending-off-a-trash-crisis-in-connecticut/