The outdoors experience is aligned with the TheaterWorks production’s intention: to encourage the audience to care about the Earth.
Photo story: For this TheaterWorks audience, an immersive performance
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Drones could help farmers keep a watchful eye on crop health
Drone technology could be a new frontier for farmers by providing updates on plant health.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Vaccinate now, or risk winter pediatric COVID surge
Getting our youngest children back in schools and activities means we stop allowing them to be victimized by a pandemic with an available solution.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Help prison staff and people who are incarcerated: reinstate ‘good time’
Already locked down even before the pandemic, people who are incarcerated have faced dramatic curtailments of activity outside their cells, visits, rehabilitative programming, and educational courses.
Posted inMoney
CT’s budget picture is rosy now. Did Lamont create it — or did he inherit it?
Policies enacted by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and past legislatures contributed greatly to Gov. Ned Lamont’s recent budgetary success.
Posted inPolitics
2+2=? Senate uses murky math as it shelves drug pricing rule to fund infrastructure
Lawmakers are poised to throw former President Donald Trump’s belated bid to lower Medicare drug prices under the bus.
Posted inNews
Lamont orders long-term care facilities to get workers vaccinated or face fines
Workers at long-term care facilities must be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or their workplaces will face a $20,000 daily penalty.
Posted inHousing
Eviction orders spiked in Connecticut when federal moratorium lapsed
Before the federal order was reinstated Wednesday, Connecticut judges signed a surge of orders removing tenants from their homes.
Posted inJustice
As deadline approaches, some CT police departments still don’t have body cameras
It remains unclear how many municipal police officers are wearing body cameras and how many still need them.
Posted inHealth
Lamont issues order allowing cities and towns to impose mask mandates
The governor said he did so at the request of municipal officials who want to adopt indoor masking requirements.
Posted inPolitics
CT marijuana council approves communities targeted for equity programs
The 215 census tracts were identified based on drug convictions and unemployment rates.
Posted inEducation
School officials turn a wary eye toward fall as the COVID delta variant spreads
Administrators will be watching the numbers closely, but the plan remains to resume school full-time, in-person.
Posted inHealth
Insurance companies are requesting higher rates for health plans next year. Here’s what you need to know.
The proposed average rate increase for individual health plans next year is 8.6%, compared to 6.3% in 2021.
Posted inGovernment
As the COVID delta variant spreads, some CT town leaders revive lockdown-era practices
Some Connecticut cities are reverting to virtual public meetings and reimplementing mask mandates in government buildings.
Posted inGovernment
CT comptroller released disputed documents one day before public records hearing
A year after withholding public disclosure of the price of taxpayer-funded purchases, Comptroller Kevin Lembo changed course.