She backed diversity and equity initiatives while on the state school board in Connecticut. Her confirmation hearing for ...

Elia, a retired West Haven public school teacher who began advocating for repeal in 1997, helped coordinate congressional ...

Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed $55.2B budget would reform CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’ and launch a major early childhood development ...

The budget proposal will include a $40 million increase in special education funding and a $14 million grant to develop ...

Lawmakers and students argued for a bill to fund communications systems to prevent school shootings in a hearing Thursday ...

The Transportation Committee heard testimony Monday on a proposed bill to provide free bus fare on public transportation for ...

Since the law’s passage in 2023, universities across the state have shuttered DEI offices and efforts. Those offices sought to help Black, Latino, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented students adjust to ...

The Trump administration’s many attempts over the past couple of weeks to halt federal spending have met mostly with approval from Republicans on ...

Democrats have been powerless as they’ve watched President Donald Trump systematically move to dismantle federal agencies and ...

Joseph Addabbo Jr. was first elected to the state Senate in 2008 after representing Southeast Queens for seven years in the ...

Nearly 40 people testified in front of the state legislature’s Planning and Development Committee to discuss House Bill 6831, ...