The iconic Connecticut shade tobacco fields have been replaced by parking lots and warehouses as demand changed. Today, only one man grows it.
Made in the shade: CT tobacco farmers roll with the times
Posted inTalking Transportation
The Woodstock Festival on the Tappan Zee Bridge
I was a teenage toll collector on the Tappan Zee Bridge when the revelers from the Woodstock Rock Festival rolled up.
Posted inPartner Content
This New Haven haunt has attracted legendary musical acts for 50 years
Toad’s Place has featured artists ranging from The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Cardi B.
Posted inMoney
Federal cutbacks could cost CT food stamp program $180M
The memorandum issued Friday did not project added costs tied to Medicaid that will pump nearly $7 billion in federal funds into CT this year.
Posted inStudent Voice
What is the remittance tax and why does it matter?
The tax is intended to discourage illegal immigration while also raising revenue for the government, but it may have unintended consequences.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
US Army Corps to resume use of herbicides against invasive hydrilla this month
Officials will deploy diquat, other chemical herbicides along the Connecticut River, part of a years-long effort to study their effectiveness.
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Renters displaced by UConn apartment purchase demand changes
Displacement from may force renters to move into an apartment that makes them ineligible for a middle-income housing program.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Lyme disease case rates are increasing faster in other NE states
In 2010, Connecticut had the second-highest Lyme disease case rate in New England. In 2023, it had the lowest.
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¿Cómo serán los nuevos requisitos laborales de Medicaid y SNAP en CT?
El “gran y hermoso proyecto de ley” introducirá cambios en la forma en que algunas personas califican o siguen siendo elegibles para Medicaid o asistencia alimentaria durante los próximos dos años.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Expanded paid leave will benefit CT schools workforce
As of Oct. 1, CT paid leave will expand to include non-certified employees of “public school operators” including custodians, paraeducators, bus drivers, good service staff, and to non-public elementary and secondary schools.
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Parents say Bridgeport schools fail to provide adequate special ed support
A complaint filed by the Center for Children’s Advocacy alleges district violated rights of special ed students, failed to provide services.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
The move could end several clean energy projects in Connecticut, DEEP said. CT’s award under Solar for All was $62.45 million.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Tariffs, economic turmoil behind decision to pull large battery-storage facility from CT
Tariffs and changes to US incentives for renewable energy, combined with a rocky outlook for offshore wind, led to Killingly project’s demise.
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Trout fishing conservationists work to restore Fairfield’s Mill River
The CT chapter of Trout Unlimited, a conservation group, says a portion of Mill River in Fairfield near the Merritt Pkwy, needs restoration.