State Launches Third Consecutive $1 Million Seasonal Tourism Ad Campaign

State Launches Third Consecutive $1 Million Seasonal Tourism Ad Campaign

The Connecticut Office of Tourism is launching a new winter marketing campaign reflecting Connecticut’s dynamic, diverse public places. The new $1 million “The State I’m In” campaign, announced by Gov. Ned Lamont this week, is aimed at supporting Connecticut’s tourism industry.

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Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live: Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live:  Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Since March 2020, more than 42% of the U.S. population has either moved or considered moving, according to recent data. The annual Top 100 Best Places to Live In America analysis by the website Livibility includes four Connecticut communities – Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury and New Haven.

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Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

More than 500 guns were purchased and 350 gun safes were distributed on a Saturday in October in Connecticut, in what was billed as the first Statewide Gun Buyback. Participating communities, under the umbrella of the #KeepKids Safe initiative, included Bridgeport, Guilford, Hartford, Newtown, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.

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One Million Mattresses Recycled in Connecticut's First-in-the-Nation Program

One Million Mattresses Recycled in Connecticut's First-in-the-Nation Program

After just six years of the nation’s first statewide mattress recycling program, more than 1 million mattresses and box springs have been recycled in Connecticut. The impact has been tangible - resulting in the diversion of more than 18,000 tons of steel, foam, fibers and wood from landfill and incineration, according to program officials.

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All Tech Is Human Earns $650,000 in Grant Funding to Better Align Tech, Public Interest

All Tech Is Human Earns $650,000 in Grant Funding to Better Align Tech, Public Interest

All Tech Is Human – a nonprofit organization launched just a few years ago in Greater Hartford - has announced that it has secured over $650,000 in funding to support projects related to building the responsible tech pipeline and better aligning tech with the public interest.

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Two Connecticut Universities Among Founders of Regional Initiative to Assist Early-Career Faculty of Color

Two Connecticut Universities Among Founders of Regional Initiative to Assist Early-Career Faculty of Color

Eastern Connecticut State University and University of Bridgeport are among 13 New England colleges and universities that have signed on to a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at higher education institutions in the region.

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