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The attorney for former Hartford student Aleysha Ortiz argued that employees were required by law to follow certain procedures, like reporting bullying to a school administrator, and failed to do so.

With unprecedented levels of food insecurity in Torrington, elected officials joined the Friendly Hands Food Bank on Tuesday to celebrate the renovation of a much larger new site, funded with a $2 million state grant.

Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s effort to require states to share personal data of individuals who have received or applied for nutrition assistance.

Connecticut Voices for Children said the state’s consistent high ranking is a testament to what’s possible when it invests in kids and working families.

The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a priority bill that promises to transform early childhood care and education for generations of families. Senate Bill 1 would create an endowment for early childhood education that would draw up to $300 million from surplus funds each year.

Advocates say closing Head Start would have a detrimental impact on children and force scores of parents to leave the workforce

IRIS, and organizations like it, face an existential threat. Stop-work orders from the Trump administration worth $4 million and the suspension of refugees entering the country have upended IRIS’ work.

Chef Jacques Pépin has cooked for French presidents, taught cooking on television with Julia Child and published dozens of books. He’s also called the coastal town of Madison, Connecticut, home for more than four decades.

Food pantries across the state rely on private fundraising to supplement federal and state support. But not all food pantries in Connecticut have well-resourced communities of potential donors to tap.