Yale introduced the first mobile retail pharmacy and clinic in Connecticut to bring health care to people at their homes in underserved communities. The project, InMOTION, is the first of its kind in the nation. We spoke with Dr. Sandy Springer, who received the federal grant to start the project. We got the details on…
In the days following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, many people took to social media to share their opinions. It wasn’t a good look for everyone, despite our laws on allowing freedom of speech. Career Strategist, Julie Bauke, shared why social media platforms can cost you a job and why you need…
Following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, many on social media did not seek unity, rather, more division and attacks on the opposing party. Republican-leaning posts immediately calling the shooting a staged event done poorly by the Democratic party. And Democratic-leaning posts cracking jokes about the shooter failing to get the job done.…
Did you know: food insecurity is one of the biggest non-academic barriers to Connecticut college student success? According to 2023 data, 52% of CSCU students could not afford to eat balanced meals and 39% had to reduce the size of their meals because they did not have enough money to purchase more food. We spoke…
Monday’s busy “Connecticut Today” started a new week with host Paul Pacelli’s thoughts on turning down the heated rhetoric of the current campaign season (00:51). Quinnipiac University Law Professor John Pavia explained a judge’s decision to drop – for now – the federal classified documents case facing former President Donald Trump (11:49). University of New…
CT GOP Chair, Ben Proto, joins Lisa Wexler from the Republican National Convention to talk about changes in the GOP platform. Image Credit: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Former President Trump is the luckiest man alive following an assassination attempt during a rally this past weekend. A bullet grazed Trump’s ear when a gunman opened fire at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania. One rally goer lost his life and two others were injured. The 20-year-old shooter was killed by Secret Service. But the…
There are a lot of bird lovers in Connecticut and today, we learned about the latest bird success story. Purple Martins are thriving this summer at 5 Connecticut Audubon locations; approximately 140 pairs are raising as many as 500 hatchlings! Tom Anderson, Director of Communications at CT Audubon, says it’s been an unusually great year…
Earlier this month, we learned Connecticut preserved a record number of farmland parcels in 2023. Commissioner of Department of Agriculture, Bryan Hurlburt, defined preserved land and how we protected so many acres despite many challenges facing local farms today. Image Credit: Getty Images
Representative Jim Himes joins Lisa Wexler to clarify his statement, that immediately followed President Biden’s 7/11 press conference, asking the President to step away from his reelection campaign. Image Credit: Andrew Harrer/Pool via REUTERS