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Lamont said Trump’s latest, and broadest, round of tariffs will make CT exports less competitive and create additional costs on businesses. ... Read full Story
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Lawmakers warned the cuts could put CT’s most vulnerable in harm’s way and result in higher taxes and electricity bills for all residents. ... Read full Story
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Of roughly $6 million in ESSER funds CT school districts have obligated, more than half were slated for New London and Waterbury. ... Read full Story
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¿Las tarifas del presidente Trump aplicarán a la electricidad que fluye entre EE. UU. y Canadá a través de líneas de transmisión? Qué saber. ... Read full Story
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Connecticut joined 22 states in the lawsuit, which came on the same day thousands of HHS workers reportedly found they’d been part of a mass layoff. ... Read full Story
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Rep. Craig Fishbein on Monday said Teslas were being vandalized as 'acts of political terrorism' inspired by animus to Trump and Musk. ... Read full Story
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The powers that be see little value in my kids and the support system they use to survive in this world, to navigate a reality that many had no say in. ... Read full Story
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The evidence is compelling, tenant protections are not the reason Connecticut is failing to grow our housing supply. ... Read full Story
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While fellow soldiers and I brought the fight to America’s enemies in eastern Afghanistan, our missions relied on one constant: operational security. ... Read full Story
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Several critical services at Prospect-owned Rockville General Hospital closed in March 2020 and have yet to reopen. ... Read full Story
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Connecticut is grasping for answers about its continued eligibility for federal emergency management funding, including $9M in grants it gets yearly. ... Read full Story
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The fiscal guardrails are Connecticut’s strongest defense against future financial turmoil. ... Read full Story
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At a time when federal environmental regulations are being dismantled at an alarming rate, it is more important than ever to empower the people of Connecticut to take action in protecting their environment. ... Read full Story
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SEIU District 1199 New England will announce Tuesday that a preliminary-yet-necessary procedural step toward a strike was taken this week. ... Read full Story
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Members of CT’s transgender community expressed joy and pride with impassioned speeches, calls to action, and laughter at the Capitol. ... Read full Story
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Fonfara accused the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of attempting to tarnish his reputation by levying fines against his company. ... Read full Story
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CT Rep. Craig Fishbein said cases of Tesla vandalism are 'acts of domestic terrorism,' but calling for the impeachment of judges is 'a process.' ... Read full Story
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Connecticut education officials still were working early Monday to identify all frozen funds and affected school districts. ... Read full Story
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A bill would allow police officers to pull people over for consuming cannabis while driving and would explore a state blood-THC limit. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 2, 2025 is:
effusive • \ih-FYOO-siv\ • adjective
Someone or something described as effusive is expressing or showing a lot of emotion or enthusiasm.
// Jay positively glowed as effusive compliments on the meal echoed around the table.
Examples:
"More recently, Billboard ranked Grande, who also writes and produces her own work, high on its list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. ... Rolling Stone has been similarly effusive, praising 'a whistle tone that rivals Mariah Carey’s in her prime.'" — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
Did you know?
English speakers have used effusive to describe excessive outpourings since the 17th century. Its oldest and still most common sense relates to the expression of abundant emotion or enthusiasm, but in the 1800s, geologists adopted a specific sense characterizing flowing lava, or hardened rock formed from flowing lava. Effusive can be traced, via the Medieval Latin adjective effūsīvus ("generating profusely, lavish"), to the Latin verb effundere ("to pour out"), which itself comes from fundere ("to pour") plus a modification of the prefix ex- ("out"). Our verb effuse has the same Latin ancestors. A person effuses when speaking effusively. Liquids can effuse as well, as in "water effusing from a pipe."
