More than half of the nation’s citizen, voting-age population voted in 2022 — the second highest turnout for a congressional election in two decades, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read MoreAccording to the the latest research, Americans of all ages and backgrounds contributed countless hours to their communities through formal and informal volunteerism between 2020 and 2021 during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 51 percent of Americans, or 124.7 million people, informally helped friends, neighbors, or community members at least once a month. Connecticut was at or above the national average in key categories.
Read MoreWhen community members from Greater Hartford gathered to delve into healthcare access, equity, and innovation in Connecticut this week in a program offered by the MetroHartford Alliance and the Connecticut health Council, the data and information offered to provide the basis for the conversation pointed out the stark disparities that characterize the region.
Read More$99 million in state funding will be headed to 20 Connecticut cities and towns in the coming year to support 28 projects in the second round of grants under the state’s Community Investment Fund 2030. The grant program, established last year, supports economic development in historically underserved communities across the state.
Read MoreThe U.S. Small Business Administration’s Connecticut District Office has announced the Connecticut Small Business Week 2023 Awardees, in preparation for National Small Business Week next month.
Read MoreA recent report from Connecticut Voices for Children examines Connecticut's eviction crisis and addresses some solutions to it.
Read MoreA prominently placed full-page ad appeared in The New York Times a week ago, an open letter from “Hospital CEOs Across America” who signed their names “United to Fight Gun Violence,” as the ad headlined. CEOs from Connecticut’s leading hospital healthcare organizations were among them.
Read MoreConnecticut's General Assembly is considering legislation to establish sweeping nursing-home reforms, including minimum nursing-home staffing levels and stricter penalties for violations.
Connecticut's Education Cost Sharing Formula estimates it costs $11,525 to educate one public-school students. The goal of the ECS is to spread more than $2 billion across the state to fund education programs.
Read MoreConnecticut is the nation’s third most educated states, according to a new data analysis, behind only Massachusetts and Maryland, and just ahead of Vermont, Colorado, New Jersey, Virginia and New Hampshire.
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