Only 41% of Connecticut’s fourth graders are hitting the proficient mark in reading, and research clearly indicates students learn to read and write far better with a curriculum that Connecticut is NOT universally using. It’s time to change that.

At a time of increased anxiety and concern over widespread discrimination, hate crimes, and civil rights violations, Connecticut has an opportunity to strengthen civil rights law enforcement by clearly recognizing the role and authority of the Office of Attorney General.

The 65th regiment was nicknamed the Borinqueneers during the Korean War, a name derived from a combination of Borinquen, (the name given to the island of Puerto Rico by its original inhabitants, the Taino), and buccaneer. The rest is not only history, but honored by a prominent New Britain monument.

When Frederick B. Rentschler moved to Hartford in 1925 to start the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company (P&W), his goal was to transform the struggling American aviation industry into a technologically advanced. What happened next is history.

His career started in law enforcement and he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate last fall. The newly elected legislator arrives in Hartford with an agenda, and a note to his constituents outlining his priorities.

A flexible work-from-home model is likely to become the norm, and everybody benefits.

With no federal plan in place, states are scrambling to set their own priorities, and distribute the vaccine supplies. The results have been uneven and replete with delays. But Connecticut is doing better than most, so far.

High on a hill overlooking the Housatonic River in the Putney section of Stratford is a collection of structures as strange as any you’ll find anywhere in Connecticut.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most important achievements in the history of the United States, and indeed the world: the triumph of justice and the rule of law over the desire for vengeance. Former Connecticut Senator Christopher J. Dodd reflects on his father’s legacy.

COVID-19 has created, for the first time in U.S. history, an economic downturn that has disproportionately affected women. This disparity, combined with other factors such as a crisis in child care, has created what has been termed a “She-cession”