Lisa Hagen

2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Lisa Hagen

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:Billionaire Elon Musk told Fox News recently that falling birth rates keep him up at night. It's a drum he's been beating for years. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)ELON MUSK: The birth rate is very low in almost every country, and so unless that changes, civilization will disappear. SHAPIRO: Musk is one of the world's most visible beacons of this anxiety. Vice President JD Vance also talks about wanting to increase birth rates in the U.S. And it's not just them.

4 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Lisa Hagen

On Wednesday, it was Jim Himes’ turn. The Connecticut congressman, the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, faced Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel and others just a few days after The Atlantic published an account of a text chat among top officials who were discussing an imminent attack on Houthi targets in Yemen. The officials had appeared before a Senate committee on Tuesday.

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Jessika Harkay |Lisa Hagen

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, fought back tears Monday morning as she spoke about President Donald Trump’s executive order last week that called for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. Hayes, a Waterbury native, described herself as a product of Connecticut’s public education system. She attended public K-12 schools and later got associate’s and bachelor’s degrees at state schools.

1 month ago | newsfromthestates.com | Jessika Harkay |Lisa Hagen

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, fought back tears Monday morning as she spoke about President Donald Trump’s executive order last week that called for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. Hayes, a Waterbury native, described herself as a product of Connecticut’s public education system. She attended public K-12 schools and later got associate’s and bachelor’s degrees at state schools.

1 month ago | norwichbulletin.com | Lisa Hagen

Thousands of retirees in Connecticut should start seeing an increase in their monthly Social Security checks next month, with the implementation of a new law to address the way payments were calculated for certain public service workers. Two longtime provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — reduced, and in some cases eliminated, payments because those beneficiaries also collected a pension from jobs that were not covered by Social Security.