Listening, not to agree, but to understand, creates belonging. This is what keeps us from treating politics as a zero-sum game.
Listen longer, they are more than their politics
Posted inCT Viewpoints
This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors
UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.
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CCSU– where academic freedom and freedom of speech collide
Freedom of speech and academic freedom are not the same thing. Sometimes they are mutually exclusive.
Posted inHuman Services
Child found dead in New Britain had not eaten for weeks, warrant says
Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres-García was severely abused before she died, documents state, but DCF says it didn’t receive reports of the abuse.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Lamont names 4 to PURA board, including Thomas Wiehl as chief
The appointments, which follow the resignation of former chair Marissa Gillett, will almost completely transform the makeup of PURA.
Posted inInvestigations
Attorneys in Diamantis trial deliver closing arguments as case goes to jury
The closing arguments were the last thing jurors heard before they were asked to decide the fate of Diamantis, who is charged with 21 counts.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal, CT officials focusing on SNAP as shutdown wears on
Whether Connecticut will fill the gaps in SNAP funding left by the federal shutdown is ‘an ongoing conversation,’ a state official said.
Posted inHealth
Hartford HealthCare wins Prospect Medical Holdings CT hospitals
Hartford HealthCare was named the successful bidder in an auction to acquire Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: CT lobstermen reflect on the industry’s glory days
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma and CT Mirror’s Dana Edwards discussed his article about Connecticut’s formerly booming lobster industry and why it’s largely ended.
Posted inPolitics
CT 2025 municipal elections: How to vote and know who’s running
On Nov. 4, Connecticut will hold elections for local offices like mayor, city council and board of education. Here’s what to know.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Don’t try to change people’s minds
My principle for better political conversations is difficult: Do not try to change people’s minds.
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The revenge of ‘elderly white hippies’
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller dismissed the anti-Trump “No Kings” protesters as a bunch of “elderly white hippies.” Let’s break that down.,
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss
The Long Island Sound lobster industry was decimated in 1999, but CT’s last few commercial lobstermen keep the tradition alive in Stonington.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Bring your wheels on board, but know the rules
You can bring your own bike, e-bike or scooter on the bus or train, but you should learn the rules first.
Posted inPolitics
No Kings protests bring thousands to cities across CT
An estimated 10,000 people came to the CT state Capitol to call for opposition to President Donald Trump’s changes in federal policy.