Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act, called on Meta to release its research about youth safety risks on the site.
Blumenthal reactivates KOSA campaign, calls on Meta to release research
Posted inPolitics
Jen Tooker ends GOP campaign for CT governor
Jen Tooker’s departure from the race leaves Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich as the only Republican waging an active campaign for governor.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
International student enrollment at UConn is down 8%
International students in 2025 account for less than 10% of the University of Connecticut’s enrollment for the first time in 5 years.
Posted inHealth
What CT hospitals, health centers want from federal rural grant
CT could get at least $500 million over the next five years, starting in 2026. The grant was part of President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill.’
Posted inPartner Content
Trump to place tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs, furniture, heavy trucks
President Donald Trump is putting import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Autism is not a disease
The misconception that autism is a disease rather than a neurotype – a way of being a person in the world – destroys and ends lives.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
YIMBYtown highlights CT’s inaction on housing
In three days spent in New Haven at YIMBYtown – the premiere nationwide pro-homes conference, I felt a mixture of emotions. Mostly embarrassed.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut cannabis is safe. Here’s why that matters for patients.
Connecticut’s medical cannabis program is safe, tightly regulated, and designed to protect people who rely on it.
Posted inPolitics
Protesters target WTNH over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
Nexstar’s preempting of Jimmy Kimmel on its affiliates, including WTNH, showed that affiliates are not necessary to view network programming.
Posted inPolitics
Judge nixes Trump threat to withhold FEMA money from states
The threat to penalize states that don’t comply with federal immigration enforcement amounted to ‘economic dragooning,’ the judge said.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT officials sign agreement with NRC over handling of nuclear materials
Federal commission will delegate the oversight of radioactive materials used in medicine, academics and industry to officials in Connecticut.
Posted inImmigration
CT advocates protest arrest of Hartford activist by ICE
Hartford resident Victor Sanchez, member of Make the Road CT and Hartford Deportation Defense, was detained by ICE Wednesday, advocates said.
Posted inPartner Content
Hartford immigration judge Ted Doolittle removed in Trump administration firings
Ted Doolittle joins dozens of other immigration judges who have been fired or not renewed in their positions this year.
Posted inMoney
More unions break talks with Lamont over past-due raises
State employee unions continue to spar with CT Gov. Ned Lamont over raises, with two more bargaining units breaking off talks late Wednesday.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
A CT HB5002 solution, Montana style
More choice and market-driven solutions like they have in Montana will solve Connecticut’s housing problem, not government largesse.