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Organizations across Connecticut are calling for turkey donations ahead of Thanksgiving as food pantries and soup kitchens report growing demand and dwindling supplies. Some organizations say they have only half of what they need to serve families this holiday season. Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic is among those facing a...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Two newly elected state representatives will join New Haven’s influential delegation in Hartford. Eli Sabin and Wildaliz Bermúdez were both easily elected last week — Sabin ran unopposed and Bermúdez faced only nominal competition. Both are Democrats who triumphed in hard-fought summer primaries. Sabin, a former city alder with two […]
Connecticut lawmakers have approved allowing out of network-coverage for patients on a state program that provides no-cost health insurance to low-income residents. The Appropriations, Human Services and Insurance and Real Estate committees voted on the proposal after a joint meeting on Tuesday. The Covered Connecticut program was established in 2021...
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All six New England governors are asking Congress to put an additional $3 billion into the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program. The bipartisan group of governors, including Gov. Ned Lamont (D), is worried the LIHEAP program won't have enough funding to get through the winter. In the letter, the governors expressed...
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Connecticut Foodshare is preparing 40,000 Thanksgiving meals as federal cuts to food assistance put additional pressure on families and food pantries across the state.
This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to William Sweet, a 2024 New Canaan High School graduate who is proposing legislation in Connecticut that would provide a tax incentive for people who convert their lawns into environmentally supportive native wildflower meadows.
Out of 30 reported reading comparisons, 29 showed improvements, state data shows.
As a wave of Democratic wins reshaped the political landscape in Connecticut and nationwide Tuesday, University of New Haven students are reflecting on how the results will impact their home states. Issues that factored into the results, according to NBC exit polls, included Trump’s low approval ratings, the cost of living and the war in Iran.
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut Foodshare is preparing 40,000 Thanksgiving meals as federal cuts to food assistance put additional pressure on families and food pantries across the state. The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are expected to affect more than 6 million families nationwide, including 35,000...
Like many newly appointed state senate minority leaders across the country, Republican State Sen.Rob Sampson is busying himself in the runup to the start of the legislative session. But for now, Sampson is doing some housekeeping, after his party suffered historic losses in the midterm election. “A lot of things...
Connecticut educators are eager to work with new state lawmakers. Democrats won large congressional majorities in the midterms but also grew their majority in the state’s General Assembly. It came as federal funding cuts imperiled state education programs, while slim majorities kept vital education legislation from becoming law. Some priorities include paying student teachers and making teacher salaries more competitive. Kate Dias, president of the Connecticut Education Association, said another priority is updating the state’s education funding formula . “The fact that we have based our education cost-sharing formula in 2013 and haven’t adjusted it for inflation since, so when we say we’re fully funding education, we’re fully funding it in 2013 dollars, not in 2026,” Dias explained. She expects it will be a suggestion from Gov. Ned Lamont’s Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 education funding and accountability. Since the state does not account for inflation in education funding, communities must use property tax dollars to make up the difference. But since some municipalities cannot do it, they face larger class sizes and lower teacher salaries. Teachers in Connecticut and nationwide are breathing a sigh of relief about the election results. Dias noted teachers feel a sense of academic freedom
Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping bring more deliveries to Hartford, New Haven and communities across Connecticut.
The electricity demand from AI is surging and those working in the power sector are looking to that same technology for assistance. Last month, Connecticut officials petitioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) for a formal investigation into how public utilities such as electric, gas and water in the state are integrating the use of AI.
Two organizations with ties to Connecticut are among 67 recipients of approximately $10.2 million in federal grants to support workplace safety and health training. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the grants as part of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. Administered by OSHA, the program aims to advance worker...
The percentage of Connecticut voters supporting Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz (D) has increased with each election cycle. In 2018, the pair received 49.3% of the vote; in 2022, it was 54.66%. Unofficial results from 2026 show 59.56% of voters supported the incumbents for a third term. (See the numbers from the Secretary of the State here.)
(P&GJ) — Iroquois Gas Transmission System has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an extension until March 25, 2029, to build and place into service its Enhancement by Compression Project, citing outstanding state authorizations for the Brookfield Compressor Station in Fairfield County, Connecticut. FERC issued notice of...
Lamont asked for the resignations of his appointees and their deputies among the 20 or so executive branch agencies he controls.
Everybody seems to know the same handful of charming small towns. They appear in travel guides so often that you can practically picture the main street before arriving. But what about the places that rarely make those lists?. One overlooked Connecticut town offers small-town character and potentially more affordable living...
