Invest in education, not war: Connecticut faculty push for Israel arms...

Photo via 4Cs SEIU 1973 4Cs SEIU 1973, a higher education union in Connecticut, just passed a resolution calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and divestment from entities complicit in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and...

Former Connecticut budget official convicted of taking bribes from school construction contractors

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Morning Minute: God Is Love, Government Is Not

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at...

Meet the Designer Behind ‘Law & Order,’ ‘Mystic Pizza’ and More—and the Stories Behind the Icons She's Dressed (EXCLUSIVE)

Over the course of a 50-year career that spans movies, TV shows and plays, costume designer Jennifer von Mayrhauser has outfitted everyone from Meryl Streep to Julia Roberts; Timothée Chalamet to Daniel Day-Lewis; Winona Ryder to Keanu Reeves (to...

Oct. 22 - Angola WIC office is 'business as usual' during federal shutdown

ANGOLA — The food aid program that helps millions of mothers and young children is expected to run out of money, but the Steuben County Women, Infants and Children is expected to be fully funded. Speaking before the Steuben County Council last...

Opioid prescribing down among patients with cancer without pain

October 28, 2025 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Opioids...

Foxwoods Armed Suspect Under the Influence of Crack Cocaine, Heroin Has Bond Reduced

Posted on: October 22, 2025, 10:06h. Last updated on: October 22, 2025, 10:18h. The suspect in this week’s Foxwoods police incident concedes he was high on drugs Defendant David Griswold’s attorney told the court he was on crack and heroin...

Where SNAP recipients can find food banks and other resources

NEW YORK (WABC) -- If Congress doesn't reach a deal by Saturday to resolve the shutdown, benefits could also run out for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries. Starting Nov. 1, a...

My Path’s Dorothy Buckhannan Wilson

In the rolling lake country of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, there’s a company that’s built its name on compassion. It’s called MyPath, and its purpose is profound: to help children and adults with behavioral and mental health challenges, including...

Civil Rights DC Bureau Politics & Law ‘A boundless power’: Dem states ask Supreme Court to halt Trump troop deployment to Chicago

Every state with either a Democratic governor, attorney general or both signed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to side with Illinois and Chicago to continue blocking President Donald Trump’s proposed deployment of National...

South China Sea “Jinx”: From Mid Air Collision To Dual Crash, SCS Becomes “Cursed Expanse” For U.S. Military?

The unprecedented dual crash of aircraft operating out of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is the latest in the list of accidents suffered by the US military in the South China Sea, arguably the most contested maritime region in the world. In a...

Dodd Center hosts sports-centered human rights summit 

The Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut will be hosting a three-day summit from Wednesday, Oct. 22 to Friday, Oct. 24 that will explore the connections between sports and human rights. James Waller, the Christopher J....

Foliage tracker: Here’s where leaves are peaking in New England right now

It’s hard on such a rainy day to think about trekking through all of the beautiful, vibrant foliage New England has to offer this special time of year. But after today, watch out because the weather for the rest of the week and into the weekend is...

Ex-Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson serving time in low-security Connecticut prison

Disgraced ex-Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is serving her monthlong jail sentence following her corruption conviction for pocketing a $7,000 kickback at a low-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. Fernandes Anderson,...

Rep. Jensen Joins Business Association Tour Highlighting Oxford Manufacturing Company

OXFORD — State Rep. Arnold Jensen (R-Oxford) recently joined the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) as part of the group’s manufacturing tour to numerous manufacturing facilities across Connecticut. Rep. Jensen met with...

New Consolidated SCORE Chapter to Serve Small Businesses in Area Counties

AREA — To better serve the needs of start-up and established small businesses and entrepreneurs who dream of beginning a new business the SCORE Fairfield County, SCORE Western Connecticut and SCORE Northwestern Connecticut chapters recently...

Why Connecticut’s Wildlife Seems to Be Losing Its Mind Lately

Why Connecticut’s Wildlife Seems to Be Losing Its Mind Lately Is it just me, or does it seem like the wildlife in Connecticut is bugging the F out right now? You read about bears stealing people’s dry goods, raccoons committing petty crimes in...

CT ACLU Legal Director: ’The closest analog to us is the McCarthy era’

On May 28, 2020, Trump signed Executive Order 13925 to “[prevent] online censorship.” This executive order, which boasts of free speech protections, discourages social media platforms from moderating content deemed complicit in selective...

State Agency Appeals Decision that $42,000+ Fee for Public Documents Violates Connecticut Law

HARTFORD — The Office of the Attorney General is appealing a decision that Connecticut’s lead economic agency and its commissioner violated core provisions of the state’s Freedom of Information law by attempting to charge no less than $41,943.25...

Montpelier tops Fair Haven in semifinals

MANCHESTER — Soon, Montpelier seniors Regan Walke and Emily Tringe will be competing against one another in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. First, they have one more game together with the Solons. And it is on Vermont high...