New Releases by Susan Price

Discusses other states'' laws and proposals to recognize civil unions or marriage between people of the same sex or provide a limited number of rights and responsibilities to same-sex couples.

Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Discusses a series of questions about Connecticut divorce statistics.

Provides caseload and staffing level statistics for Connecticut''s 14 juvenile courts.

Discusses various questions asked of the nominees for the Board of Parole.

Discusses Connecticut and federal laws that regulate law enforcement officials'' use of wiretaps and other communication-monitoring devices.

A child remembers a trip to the hospital in this new non-fiction text for developing sight vocabulary. Suits ages 4-5.

This is a collection that can be used as a reference for studies of Samuel Richardson''s Clarissa. It includes main character indexes, place name index and summaries of letters.

Discusses if New Yorkers were moving to the Torrington area to take advantage of higher welfare benefits there.

Discusses the Carnivore computer program that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to intercept e-mails or other electronic communications to or from people who are the target of an investigation and whether states use it.

Discusses whether individuals on welfare can receive free caller ID.

Discusses recent legislative efforts to require more people to submit DNA samples for inclusion on the state''s registry and how often states that require all violent felons to submit samples have been able to identify offenders by comparing rape or murder scene samples against these registries.

Discusses whether there is an income cutoff for home health care assistance provided to frail elders participating in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE).

One of three big books in the Traditional Tales strand of Preparing to Read.

Discusses contractors providing non-emergency medical transportation to Medicaid recipients, specifically how much this service costs the state; how many people have been served; and which nursing homes the brokers have contacted to publicize their services.

Discusses criminal background checks and rules concerning hiring convicted felons.

Discusses measures Connecticut and other states are taking to screen home health aides for criminal records.

Discusses the cost of assisted living facilities in Connecticut as compared to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Discusses assistance programs for families with too much income to qualify for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, or cash welfare) program.

Discusses information private employers are currently required to provide to the Connecticut Department of Labor.

Discusses workers'' compensation premium rate changes since the 1993 legislative reforms. Also discusses trend in Second Injury Fund assessments for the same period and brief history of the problems with the Fund.

Discusses whether the state pays security deposits and moving expenses for people who have been evicted.

Linnet is a storyteller who makes an unusual and gruesome request - that his head be cut off and given to his children. As the children set off to carry the head to their grandmother''s house the head opens its eyes and begins to tell its stories...

A collection of ten terrifying short stories.

When a hunter fails to appease the ghost of a sable killed in his trap the shaman comes for the hunter''s child to be his apprentice. He is refused. But a shaman can haunt for a lifetime...