Karla Ciaglo

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

At this week’s virtual meeting of the Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap, state agency leaders reviewed a legislative session focused on reducing disparities in education, housing, and child welfare but also warned that looming federal cuts could jeopardize that progress. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, who chaired the meeting, opened by noting the volume of policy issues addressed in the 2025 session.

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

EAST HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday condemned the Trump administration’s decision to revoke nearly $20 million in federal broadband grants already awarded to Connecticut, calling the cuts both “cruel” and “stupid.”“These cuts are mean-spirited because they hurt people who can’t afford access — and stupid because we need people trained and ready to join the workforce,” Blumenthal said at a press event at the East Hartford Public Library.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Karla Ciaglo |Kalleen Ozanic

by Karla Ciaglo and Kalleen Rose OzanicA crowd estimated by Capitol police at more than 10,000 gathered peacefully on the Capitol’s south lawn Saturday as part of the national No Kings demonstrations, a movement opposing what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism, political violence in the United States, and the recent deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to California.

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

A crowd estimated by Capitol police at more than 10,000 gathered peacefully on the Capitol’s south lawn Saturday as part of the national No Kings demonstrations, a movement opposing what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism, political violence in the United States, and the recent deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to California.

2 weeks ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Donald Eng |Karla Ciaglo

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general in a two-pronged legal effort to prevent bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe from selling the personal genetic data of more than 15 million customers as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, according to a statement from his office. On June 9, the coalition filed both a formal objection to the proposed asset sale and a separate adversary complaint in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Missouri.