Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, was among the speakers at Wednesday’s vigil who called for stronger national gun safety laws.
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Ned Lamont to issue $170 million in one-time tax relief this August
It is the largest election-year outpouring of one-time relief since Republican Gov. John G. Rowland sought reelection in 1998.
Posted inPolitics
Poll: In U.S. Senate race, Richard Blumenthal has double-digit leads
The poll in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race shows Richard Blumenthal has leads ranging from 10 to 16 points in matchups with Republicans.
Posted inEducation
CT schools will soon be required to teach climate change
Close to 90% of CT schools already teach about climate change, but it will be required by state law beginning in July 2023.
Posted inPolitics
Bob Stefanowski: Raises for state employees are ‘reasonable’
Bob Stefanowski, the Republican candidate for governor of CT, didn’t object to 2.5% raises for state workers but opposed $3,500 bonuses.
Posted inHousing
CT state budget designates $5 million for eviction prevention programs
The rent bank program will now provide up to $3,500, up from $1,200, over an 18-month period to families facing eviction.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Millions slated for cleaning Connecticut’s contaminated sites
The federal government said this week it will invest nearly $7 million to clean up and redevelop contaminated properties across the state.
Posted inPolitics
As Ned Lamont promotes clean energy, Bob Stefanowski wary on cost
Commitment to a establishing a carbon-free electric grid by 2040 may be a wedge issue in Connecticut’s race for governor.
Posted inCities & Towns
Lamont OKs more oversight for West Haven amid financial scandal
The state’s Municipal Accountability Review Board will have more power to control West Haven’s budgets, its purchasing department and more.
Posted inEducation
Education funding bill fails, but advocates vow to bring it back in 2023
Supporters of the legislation say is crucial to correct funding inequities facing magnet, charter and vocational-agricultural schools.
Posted inHealth
Baby formula shortage leaves CT families stressed and searching
Only about a third of CT babies are exclusively fed breast milk through 6 months. Most other parents rely on baby formula to some degree.
Posted inEconomic Development
More companies are footing the bill for their employees to go to college
Amazon and Mohegan Sun are the latest major CT employers to expand tuition assistance benefits in a highly competitive labor market.
Posted inHealth
As COVID hangs on, the ‘new normal’ is leaving many behind
Some who are immunocompromised or who care for an at-risk loved one are at higher risk now as COVID restrictions begin to fall away.
Posted inPartner Content
Trinity College students’ analysis finds state far from promises made to desegregate Hartford schools
A group of Trinity College students spent a semester taking the 87-page Sheff v. O’Neill agreement filled with hard-to-digest numbers and legal jargon and translating it into a few graphics to help the public understand how far the state is from the agreement’s goal.
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Military families push the Army to ‘normalize parenthood’
There are over 400,000 parents within the Army alone.