The State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) is strongly opposing legislation being considered by the legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, which would require annual state agency performance plans, beginning next year.
Read MoreConnecticut voters who take advantage of early voting this fall will notice something different, and familiar.
Read MoreAlthough 2025 brought challenges to the nation’s innovation landscape, UConn startup companies and entrepreneurs managed to set records and notch milestones.
Read MoreMany libraries across Connecticut are no longer accepting passport applications following updates to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations that removed nonprofit organizations, including 501(c)(3) public libraries, from serving as passport acceptance agencies.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Medal of Technology - Connecticut's highest honor for technological achievement in fields crucial to our state's economic competitiveness - will be awarded in 2026.
Read MoreQuinnipiac University’s continuing commitment to uplift neighboring communities through civic engagement, partnership and scholarship has earned a prestigious 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Among Connecticut colleges, they are not alone.
Read More“Not reporting on food insecurity doesn’t mean the problem will somehow magically disappear,” UConn’s Rudd Center points out, criticizing the USDA’s decision to discontinue an annual report that provided national data on household food insecurity across the United States.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) has announced the recipients of their third annual Connecticut Democracy Center Awards. The awards program was established to recognize those committed to strengthening democracy through acts of citizenship, service, and community engagement.
Read MoreConnecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general who are urging the U.S. Senate to reject the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, warning that the legislation would unlawfully nationalize election administration and impose sweeping new barriers to voter registration.
Read MoreIn 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.”
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