As part of a yearlong investigation, the @CTMirror and KFF Health News interviewed more than three dozen patients sued by hospitals and physician groups over medical bills. kffhealthnews.org/health-car…
JUST IN: ProPublica and @CTMirror’s “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.
ALT The Pulitzer Prizes Local Reporting Winner: Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk of The Connecticut Mirror and Sophie Chou and Haru Coryne of ProPublica. Image (right) displays an illustration of a white tow truck and a headline that reads: Gone in 15 days: How the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people's cars.
BREAKING: CT Mirror and @ProPublica have won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for "On the Hook," an investigation into how Connecticut's towing practices had come to favor tow companies at the expense of low-income residents.
More here: ctmirror.org/series/on-the-h…
Last year, the Connecticut legislature overhauled the state’s towing laws in response to reporting by @CTMirror and ProPublica.
New reforms, which passed the state Senate this week, would expand on that legislation.
propublica.org/article/conne…
The senate has passed a bill that would impose consumer protections, require greater financial transparency from long-term care insurance providers, and allow the attorney general to investigate carriers, following @ctmirror reporting.
ctmirror.org/2026/04/30/ct-l…