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Right now, students who are taking at least six credits at local community colleges and are attending college for the first time don't have to pay for college in Connecticut. But a new proposal could extend free college tuition to all community college students and to some students attending state universities.

The state has terminated the contract of AAIS, a West Haven hazardous waste remediation company. It's ensnared in the federal investigation into former state official Konstantinos Diamantis.

Frankie and Johnny mark one decade since the Sandy Hook shooting, discuss a gun incident at an East Granby elementary school, and note a long-shot push for Puerto Rican statehood.

Ana Grace Márquez-Greene was 6 years old when she was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Jimmy Greene grieves his daughter's loss and says music gives him the opportunity to express himself in the best way he knows how.

Hartford-based poet, Andrew Dean Wright joins Chion around a fire in her backyard to talk about poetry on this episode of Audacious. Why this medium? What does it do to, and for him?

Funding for school-based mental health under the new $11 billion Safer Communities Act is expected in Connecticut this school year, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told Connecticut Public Radio. The legislation covers gun safety, access to pediatric mental care and recruiting counselors and mental health professionals at schools.

Connecticut teachers are not happy with new state guidelines on remote learning and dual instruction released by the Department of Education on Tuesday.Educators gathered at the state Capitol Wednesday afternoon to explain why they think bringing back dual instruction, where a teacher is simultaneously teaching in-person and remotely, is a bad idea.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose looks at the Emmy-winning ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Apple’s Will Smith problem, and more.

Connecticut’s 12 community colleges are set to become one statewide system by next summer. The new person in charge of leading that change is the new system’s first-ever president, John Maduko. He and faculty union leader Seth Freeman each spoke with John Henry Smith on All Things Considered, and both seemed to agree that challenges lie ahead.

"We should support and respect our teachers and their dedication to our students," Superintendent Steven Madancy said.