Laura Tillman / CT Mirror

Elected officials decried recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at New Haven’s Tweed Airport, drawing attention to the latest example of public spaces like courthouses, city streets and school bus stops that have been targeted by ICE during the Trump administration’s deportation push.

A confrontation between activists and ICE agents ended Wednesday with one woman getting pepper-sprayed and another being taken by ambulance after she was pushed to the ground.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy introduced legislation on Thursday to bar immigration enforcement operations from being carried out on playgrounds, child care facilities and school bus stops, a move in response to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Danbury.

The 2025 Parents/Caregiver Survey, led by a University of Connecticut researcher in collaboration with 140 partner organizations and the state’s Office of Early Childhood, found that 53% of families across the state found childcare to be too expensive.

The battle over attempts to regulate homeschooling in Connecticut has intensified in the wake of the death of an Enfield girl who had been homeschooled and the arrest of her stepfather on charges of first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child in connection with her death.

Lawmakers gathered to hear testimony from state auditors and representatives of the Department of Children and Families about a recent report which found that the number of children going missing from DCF care rose rapidly in recent years.

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.