Robbie Sequeira | Stateline, CT Mirror Reporter

Fewer students, too many schools: Communities face closures, consolidations

Driven by declining birth rates, district decisions to close or consolidate schools can draw anger and anxiety from parents and students.

As school districts weigh which tools are safe and worth spending money on, some officials are feeling overwhelmed by the array of choices.

Cities—not the federal government—control most development through zoning. The law takes a new approach to nudge them toward more housing.

Housing shortages have prompted cities and states to scale back or even eliminate minimum parking requirements. CT is among them.

The Trump administration aims to slash spending and shift the responsibility of housing millions of people to states.

U.S. Dept. of Ed is collecting on defaulted student loans for first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. CT and other states are taking action.

To entice passionate but burned out educators from leaving the workforce, several states, including CT, have raised minimum teacher pay.