Plus: A ban on former disgraced cops becoming School Resource Officers, a Torrington transfer station, and a research & development tax credit.
CSCU oversight, special ed complaints: CT politics news
Posted inPartner Content
CT company looks skyward as Artemis II prepares for splashdown
A CT company made a piece of equipment that will be essential as the Artemis II mission returns to Earth from its trip around the moon.
Posted inImmigration
CT officials: ICE detention of Cheshire student is ‘un-American’
In 2025, ICE detained an Afghan interpreter and Cheshire resident, releasing him after 4 months. On Monday, ICE detained his 19-year-old son.
Posted inMoney
Lamont, CT lawmakers could use more good luck this tax season
As final negotiations on the next CT budget get underway, Gov. Ned Lamont and his fellow Democrats in the legislature have a big problem.
Posted inPartner Content
Federal grants can save the lives of abuse victims. $200M is sitting unspent.
Changes made by the White House are preventing distribution of funds meant to help survivors of domestic violence, stalking and trafficking.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Slowly but steadily, CT libraries are recovering from COVID
More than 1 million residents are registered to borrow from CT public libraries — a number that grew last year for the first time in 5 years.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Breakfast should not be a barrier to learning in CT
There is no curriculum effective enough to penetrate the mind of a hungry child.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Any bus — diesel or hybrid — is better than no bus
Of course we should want electric buses. The benefits are real: lower emissions, reduced noise, lower maintenance costs. But any bus is better than no bus.
Posted inPolitics
CT House OKs earmark reforms after audit, ongoing federal probe
The CT House passed a bill Thursday that would set new rules to increase transparency around millions of dollars in legislative earmarks.
Posted inCities & Towns
House passes bill that would end key revenue source for print news — legal notices
H.B. 5289 would eliminate the requirement that municipalities publish legal notices in print, requiring instead that they be posted online.
Posted inGovernment
As Trump proposes cuts, his budget singles out two CT towns
The Trump administration has singled out Greenwich and Waterford for “wasteful” uses of federal funding, for things such as theater projects.
Posted inPartner Content
For-profit Prospect Medical never put aside money for malpractice insurance
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Partner Content
CT scientists seeing unseasonably high, ‘disconcerting’ tick activity
CT scientists say ticks are off to a fast start this year. On Monday, they received 100 tick submissions, typical during the season’s peak.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Don’t dismantle the Office of Health Strategy
Connecticut’s citizens – including those in the more rural areas – deserve a system that protects them from the excesses of corporate medicine.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Affordability without stability is just a slogan
A renter’s tax credit should be refundable and targeted to working class households paying disproportionate shares of their income on rent