Connecticut Health Foundation Grants Extending Impact Statewide

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Connecticut Health Foundation Grants Extending Impact Statewide

The Connecticut Health Foundation has recently awarded 29 grants totaling $742,000 to organizations across the state to further health equity and access, including some supporting the work of trusted messengers in the community and others designed to assist amidst the current ongoing shifts in federal policy.

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Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative Receives $1.2 Million to Support Education and Employment Programming, Sets Ambitious New Goal

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Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative Receives $1.2 Million to Support Education and Employment Programming, Sets Ambitious New Goal

The City of Hartford, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the United Way of Central and Northeastern CT, and the Aspen Institute announced this week they will be investing more than $1.2 million to implement the Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative’s newly developed two-year plan.

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Athletics and Medicine Fill Ranks of Connecticut’s Highest Paid State Employees, Data Shows

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Athletics and Medicine Fill Ranks of Connecticut’s Highest Paid State Employees, Data Shows

The 20 highest paid Connecticut state employees in 2024. All are associated with UConn. Five of the top 10 work in UConn Athletics.  The remainder of the top 15 are associated with various medical fields at UConn. The university’s President had the 19th highest compensation in 2024. 

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CTData Urges Congressional Action to Preserve Federal Data

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CTData Urges Congressional Action to Preserve Federal Data

The statewide nonprofit organization CTData is calling for the restoration of publicly accessible data at the federal level, following actions taken and proposed by the new administration in Washington that is eliminating data or public access to data that had long been publicly accessible.

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FIduciary Responsibility of Fiscal Officials Defended by CT Treasurer and Colleagues

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FIduciary Responsibility of Fiscal Officials Defended by CT Treasurer and Colleagues

Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell has joined a coalition of 17 financial officers—including state and big city treasurers, comptrollers, controllers, and auditors—in signing a letter urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Acting Chairman and the Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary to oppose a recent request by Republican state finance officials.

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