In Connecticut, 1 in 6 households spend more than half of their income on housing, points out Habitat for Humanity, adding that “lower income households are especially likely to have unaffordable housing costs, requiring more than 30% of their income.”
Read MoreHigh school students from across Connecticut travelled to Hartford recently to participate in Connecticut's We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Finals. Winning school teams will head to national competition in the spring.
Read MoreA new analysis ranks Connecticut as the second best state in the nation for women’s health.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Nonprofit Alliance, the self-described Voice of Community Nonprofits, has outlined the organization’s priorities for the state legislature during the just underway 2026 session.
Read MoreAffter more than a century, The Children’s Museum in West Hartford, the nation’s 5th oldest children’s museum, will not have doors open to children in the region and beyond, as the search for a new permanent home continues.
Read MoreThe Connecticut state legislature convened their 2026 session this week, and awaiting their review are the “legislative policy solutions” being advocated by the state’s largest business organization, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association.
Read MoreThe Connecticut State Library has earned the 2025 Veteran Saves Week Savings Champion award, an honor explicitly reserved for organizations who effectively and actively promote saving strategies during the annual Veteran Saves Week campaign.
Read MoreAARP Connecticut announced the 10 top-scoring livable communities across the state, as part of the 10th anniversary of the AARP Livability Index™ platform. This year, West Hartford leads the way, followed by Hartford, Essex, Farmington, and Newington.
Read MoreIn 2025, Connecticut jumped to #3 in the state rankings from #21 a year ago, the largest advancement of any state in the annual arts-vibrancy rankings..
Read MoreConnecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon has announced that he is running for re-election this year, seeking his second four-year term in that office.
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