Homa Naficy, executive director of The American Place at the Hartford Public Library has been selected as a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award, presented by the American Library Association (ALA) - one of only 10 librarians in the nation to earn the honor this year.
Read MoreHavenly, a local Connecticut bakery, is making a difference in refugees lives by providing employment and work skills while they learn the English language. The New Haven company is gaining acclaim for what they do - and the tasty results along the way.
Read MoreThe prevalence of depression among seniors increased 19 percent between 2018 and 2019 nationwide, from 13.4 to 16.0 percent of adults aged 65+, and 23 percent in the past six years from 13.0 percent. While depression among seniors has been increasing, the levels in Connecticut are among the lowest in the nation.
Read MoreIt seems rarely a month goes by that the Connecticut Business & Industry isn’t posting a new article to its website, publishing a story in its print magazine, or devoting a podcast, into one aspect or another about millennials in the workforce. The numbers explain why.
Read MoreEastern Connecticut manufacturing jobs grew four times as fast as the rest of the state between 2015 and 2019, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association is reporting. Two-thirds of all statewide manufacturing job growth during that period took place in the region's 41 communities.
Read MoreConnecticut’s overall uninsured rate is the seventh lowest in the nation, according to a new national survey of health insurance coverage. The state’s uninsured rate for adults is 6.09%, ranking tenth among the states, and for children is 2.58%, ranking fifth.
Read MoreFive of Connecticut’s eight counties, on average, do better than the nation when it comes to the percentage of residents living in housing with substandard conditions, and the percentage who pay more than 50% of their annual income on housing. An analysis also reveals that in four of the state’s counties, the percentage of people living more than 1/2 mile from the nearest supermarket or large grocery store exceeds the national average
Read MoreWhen statisticians, academicians, and sports enthusiasts with a keen interest in the overlapping fields of sports and statistics get together for the annual New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports on September 28 at Harvard University, Connecticut will have a strong presence.
Read MoreIf having a baby is on your agenda, Connecticut is among the best places to be. The state ranks in the top ten, as do four other New England states.
Read MoreExpanding efforts to bring internet access to residents for whom it has been traditionally out of reach, Comcast is extending eligibility for an ongoing program to include all qualified low-income households, including households with people with disabilities.
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