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Ongoing subjects, each with the published stories, the public records already in our archive, the agencies and laws involved, and a dated timeline. Hubs organize what we have already published; they do not add new claims.
Cannabis Enforcement and the DIA Map
Where Connecticut's cannabis raids, inspections and arrests happen, measured against the census tracts the state itself designated as disproportionately harmed by drug prohibition, and who pays for the enforcement.
Main story Nearly 97% of Documented Cannabis Raids Happened Inside or Within Five Miles of a DIA
34 stories · 3 public records · latest October 17, 2026 · Ongoing
Cannabis Testing, Labs and Product Safety
What Connecticut's certificates of analysis show, how the state's own reference laboratory at CAES works, which testing requirements the legislature has removed, and what patients can find out about the products they buy.
Main story Connecticut’s Cannabis Producers Can’t Pass Testing. So the State Is Removing It
12 stories · latest October 8, 2026 · Ongoing
Cannabis Licensing and Social Equity
How Connecticut hands out cannabis licenses, who qualifies as a social equity applicant, what the Social Equity Council decides and how, and the state and federal lawsuits testing the system.
Main story Smith v. Lamont Is Not Over: The Judge Ruled on Neither Side of the Constitutional Question
38 stories · 57 public records · latest October 17, 2026 · Ongoing
Who Owns Connecticut Cannabis, and Who Pays
The families, companies and lenders behind Connecticut's cannabis licenses, the campaign money and lobbying around the industry, the financial disclosures of the officials who regulate it, and the federal probe touching all of it.
Main story Corrected: Who Really Controls Connecticut Cannabis
20 stories · 124 public records · latest October 8, 2026 · Ongoing
HB 7181 and Connecticut's Enforcement Laws
The 2025 bill that routed cannabis tax money into a policing fund, the amendments and follow-on bills that reshaped it, the enforcement board it created, and the reporting on how it moved through the General Assembly.
Main story How HB 7181 Was Kept Alive and Funded Behind Closed Doors
28 stories · latest May 6, 2026 · Ongoing
Public Records, FOIA and Transparency
What Connecticut agencies release, what they withhold, and what the records show: the Pequot compact production, financial disclosures, audits, and the state's positions on public access.
Main story Lamont Administration Worked on Tribal Compact for 20 Months; Industry Got 45 Minutes' Notice
22 stories · 247 public records · latest October 8, 2026 · Ongoing