Kathleen Megan
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Best of 2019: Election of first openly gay Kid Governor is a milestone. But coming out wasn't easy.
Ella Briggs, 11, is one of a growing number of kids who are coming out at an early age. She's also Connecticut's first openly gay Kid Governor. → Read More
Legislature approves hospital settlement and restaurant law
The General Assembly unanimously voted in special session Wednesday to accept the settlement of a high-stakes lawsuit in which the hospital industry claimed billions in damages from a complex taxing scheme. → Read More
UConn announces one major gift and another to come
The UConn Foundation announced Thursday that it has received $3 million from an anonymous donor to establish two endowed chairs for scientists in ecology → Read More
Colleges 'swamped' by students' mental health needs, but services vary greatly
Not only do mental health services for students vary greatly from college to college in Connecticut, demand for those services has gone way up in recent years. → Read More
Cost to attend UConn rises 23.3% over next five years under new tuition plan
Despite the increase, university officials said the plan limits year-to-year tuition increases to their lowest levels in five years. → Read More
Black, Latino children do better with evidence-based therapy than talk therapy
Rhaili Lowe, who was 10 when she was assaulted, has recovered from her trauma with the help of evidence-based therapy. → Read More
Too many CT colleges not delivering for their students, education group says
Many of Connecticut’s four-year colleges have low graduation rates and some also charge low-income students considerably more than they would have to pay elsewhere, the study found. → Read More
UConn to offer free tuition to lower-income freshmen starting next fall
Thomas Katsouleas kicked off his inauguration ceremony Friday as UConn's 16 president with an announcement that lower-income Connecticut undergraduates starting at the university next fall will be eligible for free tuition. → Read More
UConn to offer free tuition to lower-income freshmen starting next fall
Thomas Katsouleas kicked off his inauguration ceremony Friday as the University of Connecticut’s 16th president with an announcement that lower- → Read More
CSCU leader concerned about whether funding for debt-free college is viable
The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system is growing "increasingly concerned" about whether funding will be available in time to start offering debt-free community college in the fall of 2020 as called for in legislation passed earlier this year. → Read More
Lawyers for state say school-level vaccination data won't be released until October
School officials have until Sept. 6 to report immunization data from 2018-19 to the health department. After that, the health department will process and sort the data, which is expected to take weeks. → Read More
Cardona urges superintendents to avoid 'normalization of failure'
Miguel Cardona, the state's new education chief, challenged the state's superintendents to close the achievement gap for minority students. → Read More
Regents approve $1.28 billion budget
The Board of Regents for Higher Education on Thursday approved a $1.28 billion budget that leaders say will be financially challenging, but there was a bit of unexpected good news. → Read More
More than a third of CT schools reported zero restraints, seclusions
The federal study found that more than 70 percent of 17,000 school districts in the U.S. similarly reported zero incidents of restraint or seclusion, raising questions about whether districts are misreporting the data. → Read More
State joins College Board's nationwide scholarship program
This scholarship program helps guide students along the path to college admission. → Read More
Regents' panel endorses $12.5M cut for community colleges
The state's community colleges must cut budgets by a collective $12.5 million next year under a $1.29 billion budget endorsed Thursday. → Read More
A win on plastic bags for environmentalists; not so on bottles, plastic straws
A 10 cent tax on plastic shopping bags was approved by the Senate Tuesday. The bill also bans plastic bags after 2021. → Read More
Panel overseeing Dalio's investment in CT schools would be exempt from ethics, disclosure laws.
The panel overseeing $300 million in private and public funding would be exempt from ethics and disclosure rules. → Read More
House gives final approval to PTSD benefits for first responders
The House of Representatives unanimously voted for legislation expanding post traumatic stress disorder benefits to first responders, but some lawmakers said the bill isn't inclusive enough. → Read More
Senate endorses plan requiring Connecticut schools to teach African American, Latino history
The bill requires public schools to offer the course by 2022. It now goes to Gov. Ned Lamont for consideration. → Read More