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 half of the nation’s citizen, voting-age population voted in 2022 — the second highest turnout for a congressional election in two decades, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is receiving a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a unified, statewide public transit information system for mobile devices.
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 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 MoreTwo Yale University faculty members, Julia Wang and Akiko Iwasaki, are among 46 life science leaders in the United States – in academic, government, business, medicine and nonprofits - to be named to what is described as “the ultimate list of leaders in life sciences.”
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 MoreThe U.S. Small Business Administration’s Connecticut District Office has announced the Connecticut Small Business Week 2023 Awardees, in preparation for National Small Business Week next month.
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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