To Earn a UConn MBA, Less is More, Flagship University Decides
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UConn will be revising its MBA program, making it faster, more flexible, and more convenient for graduate students to earn their degrees.
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Hospital CEOs Across the Country – Including in Connecticut – Unite to Fight Gun Violence
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A 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 More35 to be Added to Ranks of Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has announced the election of 35 of Connecticut’s leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine to membership in the Academy.
Read MoreState's Education Funding Plan Could See Revisions
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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 MoreTong Seeks Power to Prevent Another M&T Merger Debacle, Protect Consumers
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The aftershocks from the debacle that was the transition of the merger between People’s United and M&T Bank continue to be felt, now at the state legislature.
Read MoreLong Island Sound’s Plum Island A Step Closer to Being Saved From Sale to Developers
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One could almost feel the excitement emanating from the hundreds of species that know Plum Island as their home when the good news arrived at year’s end. Years of diligent efforts by the Protect Plum Island Coalition, and supporters in Congress, had earned a breakthrough.
Read MoreLegislative Action to Protect, Expand Voting in Connecticut Urged
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Common Cause in Connecticut, the local affiliate of a national organization, is urging legislative action on a series of proposal to expand and protect voting in Connecticut.
Read MoreMeasuring Success of Downtown Initiatives in Connecticut, A New Assessment Method
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Connecticut Main Street Center has launched a new Annual Assessment tool for member communities. The metric-based scoring system will provide CMSC’s 80+ community members across the state with a way to measure the success of their initiatives to boost downtowns.
Read MoreState’s Municipalities Focus on Six Priorities at Legislature This Year
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) is focusing its attention on six legislative priorities for the 2023 legislative session at the State Capitol. The organization is urging Governor Lamont and state legislatures to take specific action on each of the proposals before the regular session ends in the first week of June.
Read MoreAdvocates Urge Continuation of Free Fares on CTtransit Buses; Legislature to Consider Extension, Permanency
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Free CT Transit bus service in Connecticut, instituted during the peak of the COVID pandemic, will come to an end on March 31, 2023 unless the state legislature acts to extend it. That is a real possibility now that legislation that is to be considered in the coming weeks by General Assembly’s Transportation Committee.
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