Connecticut Opinion Spotlight

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Hartford Public School District will hold its first day of school Wednesday, Sept. 9 after a ransomware attack delayed the start of the school year by one day for the system’s 18,000 students. Hackers took down some of the schools’ critical communications systems, including two...

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Democratic majority on a special legislative oversight committee blocked a Republican effort Friday to nullify a gubernatorial declaration that extends Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. The GOP motion failed, as expected, on a 6-4 party line vote. Republican leaders...

Forced togetherness. Few work escapes or vacations. School-age children running amok day and night. It may be months, or even years, before researchers can gauge the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Connecticut marriages. Connecticut family law attorneys, meanwhile, say divorce inquiries are holding steady compared with 2019 after an...