As nearly everyone who has been driving, cycling or walking on a Connecticut roadway since the pandemic began to recede will tell you, speeds have picked up, recklessness has increased, and the distractions and accompanying dangers are ever-present.
Read MoreSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month, which spotlights the issues in Connecticut and across the U.S.
Although suicide rates in Connecticut are low, there still are ways to prevent those deaths.
Connecticut is one of 10 states described as having “lower prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care” for adult residents. The state ranked 4th in the nation.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Best Employers, a new data analysis has found, include companies in a range of varying industries, companies headquartered in the state and elsewhere, and even some from the education and government sectors.
Read MoreA Connecticut congresswoman is among those asking the government to overhaul the way it handles food-safety issues.
Read MoreThe Meriden Record-Journal has been selected as a Report for America host newsroom, which will bring two Report for America corps members to the newspaper’s newsroom.
Read MoreIn response to an ever-growing need for safety and mental health support programs in public schools, Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) has opened the Connecticut Center for School Safety and Crisis Preparation. The Center will provide professional development related to all aspects of school safety planning, and establish relationships among area school districts that will create a network of professionals who become available to each other for both formal and informal crisis support.
Read MoreMore investment is needed across Connecticut to support the economic well-being and education of children, according to a new annual report.
Read MoreConnecticut ranks among the top 10 states in offering access to mental health services for its youth population, according to the latest report from Mental Health America, but advocates said more could be done.
Read MoreYale University is one of only two institutions in New England that offers an academic nurse-midwifery specialty. The program, in the Yale School of Nursing, “prepares students as competent midwives who provide family-centered primary health care,” the university’s website explains, noting that “more now than ever, the need and demand for midwives is at an all-time high.”
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