As the number of battery-driven technologies continue to increase to keep the multitude of electronic devices charged, so too has the threat of lethal battery fires, raising concerns in Connecticut and beyond. A local company’s innovation aims to increase safety.
Read MoreConnecticut Attorney General William Tong led 16 State Attorney’s General in calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to use the full extent of their authority to protect public health and the safety of our oceans from pervasive plastic microfiber pollution.
Read MoreMore than a dozen of the nation’s Attorneys General – including Connecticut’s William Tong – are stepping up efforts against Kia and Hyundai following the companies’ “continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles.” Overall, the number of auto thefts in Connecticut increased from 5,944 in 2019 to 7,771 in 2021.
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 MoreA recent report from Connecticut Voices for Children examines Connecticut's eviction crisis and addresses some solutions to it.
Read MoreTwo statistics are cause for concern as Connecticut residents approach a highway behind the wheel - this week, and thereafter: wrong-way driving and drowsy driving.
Read MoreA new report finds Connecticut consumers lost over $230,000 dollars to scams in 2022. According to the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut, consumers reported 400 scams in 2022, up nearly a quarter from the year before.
Read MoreA 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 MoreConnecticut's General Assembly is considering legislation to establish sweeping nursing-home reforms, including minimum nursing-home staffing levels and stricter penalties for violations.
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.
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