Government needs to better compensate teachers and remove threats to their economic security.
Steps to improve teacher recruitment, retention
Posted inEconomic Development, Education
More students, companies are pursuing apprenticeships in CT
Technical education is gaining ground in CT as popular opinion shifts on the value of a four-year college degree. But competition is fierce.
Posted inTalking Transportation
EVs are Connecticut’s future. Will there be enough juice?
Charging up a Tesla costs about $14 and can take you maybe 300 miles. But that’s based on current electric rates. But they’re going up, way up.
Posted inPartner Content
No state has ever elected an out lesbian governor. These women just changed that.
Tina Kotek of Oregon is expected to join Maura Healey in Massachusetts as the only other out lesbian governor ever elected in the country.
Posted inPartner Content
New Haven uses COMPASS for dozens of mental health calls in program’s first weeks
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker reported that the city’s COMPASS team has responded to 23 incidents since hitting the street on Nov. 1.
Posted inPartner Content
Ex-Fairfield official pleads guilty in dumping scandal
Fairfield’s former director of public works pleaded guilty to environmental and fraud charges stemming from illegal dumping on town property.
Posted inMoney
Legislators ready to extend CT gas tax holiday through the winter
Lamont said he wants to ensure a continued suspension of the 25-cent tax won’t impair the state’s ability to repair its roads and bridges.
Posted inPartner Content
How Democrats turned the tide in state legislatures
Democrats’ gains were perhaps most significant — and surprising — in the state legislatures where they’ve been on defense for a decade.
Posted inPartner Content
Derby official’s role in Jan. 6 riots questioned
Derby’s mayor dismissed news that alder Gino DiGiovanni Jr. entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, but a nonpartisan group called it problematic.
Posted inPolitics
Lower turnout in cities hurt Lamont, but he made up for it in suburbs
Even though fewer people voted in CT’s cities in 2022 than in 2018, Gov. Ned Lamont managed to win by boosting his numbers in the suburbs.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
I never show my ID to vote. Here’s why.
When they ask for my ID. I tell them I have one, but I won’t show it to them. I tell them I’d like to sign an affidavit attesting to the fact that I am who I say I am.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Myopic view of black bears (and environmentalists) highlights need for education
Researchers in other states have found that hunts do not eliminate the bears who wildlife agencies have deemed so-called “nuisance bears.”
Posted inMoney
Connecticut’s coffers continue to swell, despite global economic woes
New projections show revenues pushing this year’s state surplus from nearly $2.35 billion up to almost $2.8 billion.
Posted inPolitics
George Logan concedes to Jahana Hayes in CT’s nail-biter 5th District race
Logan said it was a “good, hard-fought battle,” but that he could not overcome the congresswoman’s margin of victory.
Posted inPartner Content
Connecticut’s next state treasurer makes history for LGBTQ community
Russell, who won the CT treasurer race, is the first Black out LGBTQ person elected to statewide office in U.S. history.