“Going Outside in Connecticut,” a 165-page volume last produced by the state in 2017, reflected the many ways in which state residents and visitors could get out and do something. Now its time to produce the next official “Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreations Plan” for 2023-2028.
Read MoreA new survey rates Connecticut as one of the nation’s best work-from-home states, ranking 4th in the nation. And another analysis, of the cost of coworking facilities across the country, ranked Hartford at #2.
Read MoreIn 2011, the state legislature approved a plan to help students graduating from colleges in Connecticut save money to buy their first home. Although authorized, the program was never implemented. This year, the legislature is poised to try again, with a few alterations. So far, there has been unanimous support, and a mandatory start date is part of the proposal.
Read MoreNewtown Action Alliance led 47 organizations across the country in urging Congressional action in the aftermath of the school shooting in Nashville and the expulsion of three Tennessee legislators who had joined a rally advocating gun reforms at the State Capitol.
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 MoreCentral Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Connecticut Explored, the state’s only history magazine, have signed a memorandum of understanding that benefits both the university and the magazine, as well as public history efforts in communities across the state.
Read MoreManufacturing is synonymous with Connecticut. Honoring the state’s more than 350 years of renown as the birthplace of invention, the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame (AMHoF) has announced its first statewide Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held next month.
Read MoreUnited Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Connecticut Children’s and the City of Hartford announced this week that nearly 80,000 books have been delivered to more than 6,700 Hartford children, as part of a program launched by Dolly Parton.
Read MoreFor many students, even in the best of times, math is not an easy subject. Three years of disrupted education due to COVID-19 restrictions have made it that much tougher, particularly for students in the middle grades, according to education officials.
Read MoreThe University of Saint Joseph is offering a $10,000 scholarship toward the first year at USJ for students who submit a deposit to USJ’s Pharmacy School. The scholarship honors the memory and legacy of the late Professor of Chemistry Sister Mary Ellen Murphy, a renowned scientist and scholar in the fields of space research and chemistry, one of the first women to analyze the moon rocks brought back from the historic Apollo 11 space flight in 1969.
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