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The rulings didn’t stop CT state legislators’ demands to reserve hundreds of millions to shore up SNAP and other human service programs. ... Read full Story
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El martes se votará en Bridgeport sobre el consejo municipal, la junta de educación y otros cargos, así como sobre dos preguntas de revisión de la Carta Constitutiva. ... Read full Story
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Cuatro puestos en la junta de educación se someten a votación en las elecciones generales del martes en Hartford. Aquí encontrará información sobre ellos y cómo votar. ... Read full Story
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Gov. Ned Lamont's administration will provide $3M in state funding to Connecticut Foodshare to help residents who could lose access to SNAP. ... Read full Story
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New Haven is holding elections for mayor, city clerk, Board of Education and Board of Alders. Here's what to know and how to vote. ... Read full Story
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Stamford is holding elections for mayor, Board of Reps, Board of Finance, Board of Education, town clerk and constable. Here's what to know. ... Read full Story
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What's the most popular candy in Connecticut? And which state has a fancy for Almond Joy? And where's all the chocolate? ... Read full Story
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The loss of SNAP benefits will have immediate and devastating consequences for thousands of families struggling to put food on the table. ... Read full Story
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Some Fairfield County residents will cast ballots that could impact the direction their communities take and who represents them. ... Read full Story
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New rules give the US Education Department expanded power to ban organizations from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. ... Read full Story
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Criticizing Trump is unthinkable in a GOP primary for governor. But standing with him on some issues can carry risks in a general election. ... Read full Story
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A bipartisan consensus is nudging Gov. Ned Lamont toward tapping Connecticut's rainy day fund to replace SNAP benefits. ... Read full Story
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Effective wastewater treatment requires regional cooperation along ecological boundaries rather than political ones. ... Read full Story
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Courage is not about shouting the loudest. It is about being accountable for what you say when others disagree. ... Read full Story
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A surge in COVID emergency funding has allowed district leaders add more dual credit classes and practical training for today's job market ... Read full Story
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Enrich Health’s approach—which aims to improve maternal and birth outcomes—is aligned with HUSKY’s new value-based payment model. ... Read full Story
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CT Gov. Ned Lamont said he's ready to work with Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race, if he wins next week. ... Read full Story
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Para las familias de CT con niños que necesitan atención de salud mental, los Centros de Crisis Urgentes ofrecen tratamiento de emergencia. ... Read full Story
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The bipartisan GUARD Act would require user age verification and a disclosure that the conversation a user is having is not with a human. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 1, 2025 is:
ostracize • \AH-struh-syze\ • verb
To ostracize someone is to exclude them from a group by the agreement of the group's members.
// She was ostracized by her community after refusing to sign the petition.
Examples:
"Telling stories with affection and noodging, [comedian Sarah] Silverman has always been encouraged by her family, who embraced rather than ostracized her for revealing family secrets on the way to reaping howls of laughter." — Thelma Adams, The Boston Globe, 19 May 2025
Did you know?
In ancient Greece, citizens whose power or influence threatened the stability of the state could be exiled by a practice involving voters writing that person's name down on a potsherd—a fragment of earthenware or pottery. Those receiving enough votes would then be subject to temporary exile from the state. Ostracize comes from the Greek verb ostrakízein (itself from the noun óstrakon meaning "potsherd"), used in 5th century Athens for the action of banishing someone by way of such a vote. Someone ostracized today is not exiled, but instead is excluded from a group by the agreement of the group's members.
