This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most important achievements in the history of the United States, and indeed the world: the triumph of justice and the rule of law over the desire for vengeance. Former Connecticut Senator Christopher J. Dodd reflects on his father’s legacy.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has created, for the first time in U.S. history, an economic downturn that has disproportionately affected women. This disparity, combined with other factors such as a crisis in child care, has created what has been termed a “She-cession”
Read MoreWhen schools shut down in March, teacher education programs were left scrambling. Eastern Connecticut State University’s highly regarded Early Childhood Education (CECE) filled the void, in Connecticut and beyond, when teachers were without placements where they could observe children in real time.
Read MoreFor environmentalists, passage by Congress this week of a federal budget package included, significantly, a long-sought repeal of a planned auction of Plum Island, in Long Island Sound. The action, ardently advocated for nearly a decade by scores of organizations and members of Congress across the region, opens a path “for permanent protection of this unique place and its critical habitats, endangered wildlife, and cultural history.”
Read MoreFor leading members of the incoming Biden administration’s environmental team, Monday’s announcement from states in which they’ve spend portions of their lives and careers had to be good news.
Read MoreThe daughter of immigrants to Connecticut from Kenya and the daughter of Afghan refugees who immigrated to Connecticut have accomplished in back-to-back years what no student of Connecticut’s state universities has ever done.
Read MoreVoters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota approved marijuana legalization ballot initiatives last month. To date, over 36 states have legalized medical marijuana, including Connecticut, and 15 states have now legalized marijuana for adults 21 and over – so-called “recreational” marijuana. Connecticut is not one of them, but there’s a chance that may change next year.
Read MoreConnecticut Humanities (CTH) has received $55,485 from The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts to support content development and expanded access for Teach It, CTH’s online resource which provides educators and students with inquiry-based activities, primary source documents, and links for further exploration. The funds will allow development of 36 new topics in the statewide program.
Read MoreBetween March and October of 2020, there were 26,361 business starts in Connecticut, the largest number during that 8-month period in at least the past decade, and nearly 10,000 more than during the same period a decade ago, in 2010.
Read MoreGov. Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 9Q on Dec. 7, 2020 authorizing pharmacies in Connecticut to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The Connecticut General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Research has previously issued a Research Report on the topic of Pharmacists’ Administration of Vaccines.
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