When I look back on when I was dealing with depression and anxiety, it feels like I was putting together a puzzle. Slowly at first, because until recently, I didn't understand exactly what I was working on.

The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government conducts an annual essay contest for high school students on current freedom of information and First Amendment issues. This year’s winning essay discusses offensive speech, and the First Amendment, on an issue at UConn last year.

When you think of the traditional, hometown community, what images pop into your mind? Our idea of community features small businesses at the center. Because small businesses help give communities character, create millions of jobs for their neighbors and give back to their communities in a big way.

April 15 has come and gone, nearly unnoticed. For the first time in forever, it was not Tax Day this year, as both the federal and state governments have delayed until July 15 the deadline for tax payments covering calendar year 2019. What to do between now and the new deadline?

War memorials did not proliferate after the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, or the Mexican-American War, but they did so after the Civil War. What had changed?

The spread of the new coronavirus has given rise to reminders about the importance of proper handwashing and other illness-prevention habits. Unfortunately, it is also likely to provide a real-life reminder of how unequal our society is when it comes to health, the things that keep us well, and the consequences of getting sick.

We are living in a strange new world indeed, where our current health crisis and its fallout clearly overrides any other concerns we may have had just a few short weeks ago. Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) provide a chance to work together in innovative ways to turn approved, distressed communities around… and make money.

Usually, each day we wake up we can predict how our day will go. We have an outlined schedule that we follow, and we adapt to adjustments throughout the day because they are often minor. We establish a routine that makes us feel safe and comfortable. What do we do now?

He may have mightily misplayed the tolls issue, but Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont appears to have gotten some other things right in the midst of that debacle, which are now proving pivotal.