Scam Uses Connecticut Companies, Lures Car-Wrap Volunteers
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Impostors have been using ads and images of legitimate companies headquartered in Connecticut as part of a scam to solicit money from people.
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Creating New Federal Regulatory Agency for Food Safety Proposed
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A Connecticut congresswoman is among those asking the government to overhaul the way it handles food-safety issues.
Read MoreConnecticut Center for School Safety and Crisis Preparation Launched at Western Connecticut State University
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In 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 MoreKidcaboo to the Rescue; New Service to Transport Children Rises to Meet Demand
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Childcare related costs continue to rise across the country, creating great challenges for working parents, particularly working mothers. A new transportation business arriving in Connecticut this month aims to respond to the growing need for assistance in getting young children from point A to point B.
Read MorePedestrian Fatalities Projected to Reach Four-Decade High Across U.S.; CT One of Only 10 States Expected to See Reduction
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The national Governors Highway Safety Association annual spotlight report projects that drivers nationwide struck and killed 7,485 people walking in 2021 – the most in a single year in four decades. The trend in Connecticut and nine other states is less grim.
Read MoreCT Ranks 35th in Gun Licenses; 1 of Only 5 States to See Gun Sales Increase in 2021, Rising 9%
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Connecticut ranked 35th among the states in gun licenses in 2021, with 74,874. In the Land of Steady Habits, fewer than one-quarter of adults – 23.6% - indicate they have a firearm in their home. Yet Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, and New Jersey all saw total estimated gun sales climb between 2020 and 2021, while other states saw a slight decline from the previous record year.
Read MoreFour Downtown Initiatives in Connecticut Earn National Accreditation
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Main Street programs in Hartford, New Haven, Simsbury and Waterbury have been designated as Accredited Main Street America™ programs for meeting rigorous performance standards, and in recognition of their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization.
Read MoreConnecticut Traffic Fatalities Exceed 10% Increase in 2021, Estimates Show
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Traffic fatalities in Connecticut jumped more than 10 percent between 2020 and 2021, slightly higher than the national increase, according to official federal government estimates.
Read MoreDeath by Guns on School Grounds Increase Nationwide; Not in Connecticut Since Sandy Hook
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The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 spurred the establishment of numerous organizations dedicated to urging legislative action at the state and federal level, many honoring the memory of students killed on that day, in the months that followed. It also led to new gun safety laws in Connecticut - a state that has not been part of the increases in such incidents in states across the country.
Read MoreHartford Launches Hospital-Based Gun-Violence Intervention Program
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With firearm deaths in Connecticut and across the country on the rise, a new initiative in Hartford aims to interrupt gun violence through a partnership between community organizations and hospitals.
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