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After years of COVID-19 related learning disruptions, federal officials hope summer learning programs can help kids catch up. First lady Jill Biden visited a New Haven summer program on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to kick off their multistate summer learning tour.
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President Biden has read the letter WNBA player Brittney Griner wrote to him from prison in Russia. The basketball star has been detained there since February.
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The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s plan for climate change.
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A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first.The White House on Tuesday announced President Joe Biden’s intent to appoint Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the U.S. treasurer.
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Connecticut recently received $340,000 in federal funding to restore marshland at Rocky Neck State Park as part of President Biden’s “America the Beautiful” initiative. Still, state environmental officials say they are fighting an uphill battle to keep Rocky Neck and other ecosystems alive.
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A professor from Northeastern University in Boston is bringing a “justice first” mindset to President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy. Shalanda Baker has…
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Celebrations of President Joe Biden’s inauguration took place throughout Connecticut Wednesday night, including one by Unidad Latina en Accion, or ULA.…