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As CT deals with a stagnating labor force and slow job growth, making wages fairer could help the state’s workers, according to a new report. ... Read full Story
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The former interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan was detained on July 15 despite having been approved for humanitarian parole in 2024. ... Read full Story
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wants to give the White House “space” to release the Epstein information on its own. ... Read full Story
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A judge issued an injunction blocking a part of the "big, beautiful" law that would have cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. ... Read full Story
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Groton is in need of more than 6,000 additional new homes to accommodate a rise in staff at Electric Boat and the Naval Submarine Base. ... Read full Story
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Former Hartford mayor Luke Bronin and Rep. Jillian Gilchrest are gauging support to join two others in challenging Congressman John Larson. ... Read full Story
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The cost of housing segregation, first and foremost, is moral. It shrinks social trust, polarizes our people and limits our future. ... Read full Story
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Redemption rates rose since CT bumped its bottle deposit to 10 cents, but some blame returns from out of state. Hard data is lacking. ... Read full Story
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States sued over Trump's restrictions on services for immigrants in the US illegally, including Head Start, health clinics, adult education. ... Read full Story
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WSHU spoke with John Moritz about his article on the Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferry, which provides four-minute rides across the CT River. ... Read full Story
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A proposed $2.4 billion sale of Aquarion Water Company to the nonprofit Aquarion Water Authority has ignited debate across Connecticut. ... Read full Story
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After-school providers are relieved to get some $1.3 billion in overdue funds, but they’ve already experienced enormous disruptions. ... Read full Story
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Two new COVID-19 variants are spreading across the country and doctors in Connecticut are expecting they could bring an uptick in cases. ... Read full Story
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The Glastonbury-Rocky Hill ferry has been crossing the Connecticut River since 1655, weathering wars, revolutions and threats of bridges. ... Read full Story
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Congress giveth (renewed life to AM radio) and taketh away (cutting a billion from PBS and NPR). ... Read full Story
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Recent plan to use diquat on hydrilla in the Connecticut River set off viral opposition campaign. But its use is common across the state. ... Read full Story
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The centers, which help people released from prison, are running on 'prayer and duct tape' as grants run out and COVID-19 dollars expire. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:
palimpsest • \PAL-imp-sest\ • noun
Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.
// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.
// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
Examples:
“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Did you know?
Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.
