Connecticut

Twelve of the 252 graduates came from Connecticut. There were also graduates from nine other countries, including Ukraine.

A New York-based non-profit hosted a webinar with legal experts from Connecticut to discuss how ending the death penalty shaped justice reform in the state.

Over the last decade, data from the Federal Rail Administration show the number of railway incidents — the federal agency identifies these as casualties — in Connecticut over the last decade are declining, but pedestrian collisions are on the rise.

From 2019 to 2021, the number of child care workers in Connecticut dropped 28% compared to the previous three years, according to federal statistics.

The measure would have boosted aid for magnet, charter and vocational-agricultural schools.

The former nurse took fentanyl from the clinic’s vials for her own use, and replaced it with a saline solution to hide the theft.

The Connecticut General Assembly’s committee on Public Health and Children held a forum in Hartford to address the baby formula shortage.

The legislation codifies the state’s goal of eliminating carbon emissions from the electricity grid by 2040 and expanding existing renewable energy programs. Governor Ned Lamont wants to reduce the state’s contribution to climate change and increase the use of clean energy in Connecticut.

An annual winter survey by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has detected a tremendous number of spongy moth eggs. Last year, the moth caterpillars devoured over 45,000 acres of foliage in Litchfield County.

Over 700 species of plants and wildlife were recorded in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Westchester County, New York, as part of the City Nature Challenge.