STORRS, CT – Plans have been put in place at the University of Connecticut to help safeguard campus property and people for this year's NCAA College Basketball Championships following the destruction that took place last year.
Trinity College students partnered with the United Way of Connecticut this year to investigate and document financial hardships faced by families with children in Hartford. Their work, which is still ongoing, was cited Wednesday as advocates called for a permanent, state-level child tax credit – support for which the Lamont administration does not appear to be willing to provide.
Based on the recent trend of colleges and universities asking prospective students about their school disciplinary histories on their applications, a group of Democrats is supporting a "ban-the-box" bill to prohibit the practice during college admissions. The bill, HB 5339, is up for a second year after failing to pass in 2023.
The General Assembly's Environment Committee will consider new targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions this year in an effort to reach climate change goals that are unlikely to be met under the current guidelines.
Republican lawmakers proposed two bills Wednesday: one to require school administrators to notify parents if their child begins a social gender transition in school, and the other to require transgender athletes to compete under the gender they were assigned at birth.