Choose from the menu below to select local, state and national union-related news media clips by division. Opinion pieces, regardless of the relevant membership constituency, are listed separately.
Public Employees & Higher Education News
October 23, 2026
New Haven Register: New Haven protesters demand changes at Tweed after ICE detentions
October 22, 2026
New Haven Independent: Advocates Seek Records On ICE Access At Tweed
CT Examiner: Lamont Weighs Federal Scholarship Tax Credit While Educators Urge Opt-Out
October 21, 2026
Education Week: Dealing With Students’ Mental Health Is Exacerbating Teachers’ Own Challenges
October 19, 2026
New Haven Independent: Elicker, Negrón Propose 39 New School Facilities Roles
October 15, 2026
Hartford Business Journal: CT distributes $10M in health insurance assistance to more than 7,600 paraeducators
October 13, 2026
The CT Mirror: These Meriden moms want CT to do better on special education
Greater Hartford, CT Patch: Large Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protest Planned In Hartford
October 12, 2026
News 12 Connecticut (with video): Lamont, Fazio trade barbs over education funding in Norwalk
October 9, 2026
New Haven Independent: Alders Demand School Building Repairs, Transparency
October 8, 2026
The CT Mirror: Proposed Federal Scholarship Tax Credit rules fail to win over CT educators
Education Week: What a Democratic Congress Could Mean for Trump’s K-12 Agenda
October 6, 2026
Nwe Haven Independent: Graves, Cicarella Take The Stand At Anti-Retaliation Hearing
October 3, 2026
The Hour: Norwalk faces major budget challenges, including $3.3 million healthcare gap
October 1, 2026
Connecticut Public (with audio): New Haven Public Schools lament over maintenance request backlog, including leaky roofs, rats, mold
The Washington Post: Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program
The Washington Post: Bipartisan bill seeks to ban cellphones in schools nationwide
September 30, 2026
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk officials warn $3.3 million school health insurance cost pressure could double as budget season begins
Yale Daily News: Teachers, students denounce dilapidated facilities at public schools
New Haven Independent: “Like Screaming Into A Void”: Students, Teachers Decry Health Hazards In Schools
NBC Connecticut News (video): Growing concerns over AI and privacy in schools leads to new agreement with teachers
September 29, 2026
CT Insider: Classroom air quality concerns mount as CT schools fall short on inspections
New Haven Register: New Haven official acknowledges ‘significant issues’ with school buildings
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): ‘You need money, materials and staff’: New Haven Board of Alders on health concerns at public schools
Fox 61 News (with video): New Haven teachers call for action over reported unsafe school conditions
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Teachers describe New Haven school conditions: ‘We’ve reached a breaking point’
September 28, 2026
The CT Mirror: UConn is giving CT students a science project to help address air quality issues
September 24, 2026
CT News Junkie: AI Regulation Takes Center Stage As Campaign Issue
Public Employees & Higher Education News
October 22, 2026
Connecticut Public (with audio): Connecticut college system reforms face skepticism from faculty union leader
October 19, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: Rutgers Unions Win Academic Freedom for All Unit Members
October 16, 2026
The CT Mirror: CSCU launches a way to track reforms after harassment scandal
CT Insider: CT’s largest public college system revises sexual harassment policy after review found failures
Inside Higher Ed: A Planned Intellectual Diversity Accreditation Standard Draws Opposition
October 14, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: Can Colleges Achieve Viewpoint Diversity Without ‘Affirmative Action for Conservatives’?
October 13, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: AAUP Forges Ahead With Endorsements Despite Some Initial Backlash
October 11, 2026
CT Insider: Connecticut has revoked dozens of disability pensions in recent years. Here’s what changed
October 7, 2026
The Nation: Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back
October 5, 2026
Yale Daily News: Students, politicians gather on Beinecke to protest Trump negotiations
Insight Into Academia: Shared Governance Is Under Pressure From Every Direction. Can It Survive?
October 2, 2026
New Haven Independent: “Lipstick” Traces Latest Yalie Protest
October 1, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: Group Argues Civil Discourse Push Is Conservative, Pro-Israel
September 29, 2026
The Washington Post: Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
Common Dreams: ‘Working People Won’: Unions Score Deal to Shield Federal Workers From Government Shutdown Firings
October 20, 2026
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Lamont praises UConn Health purchase of Waterbury Hospital, Fazio says ‘Nothing was done about it’
October 16, 2026
The Day: L+M and unions reach contract agreements after months of talks
The Courant: Nurses: Inadequate staffing at CT hospital increases patient safety risk. Concern is anyone ‘getting neglected’
October 22, 2026
The Newtown Bee – Letter: Endorses Embree Ku
October 21, 2026
The Daily Campus – Op-Ed: Who is pushing generative AI at UConn?
October 13, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: One AI-enabled school shooting is far too many.
October 12, 2026
The Day – Letter to the Editor: 20th District is lucky to have Sen. Marx
October 4, 2026
The Courant – Opinion: CT’s CSCU governance and proposed reforms failed. People responsible must listen and act.
October 1, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Op-Ed: An unsentimental obituary for the CCSU polytechnic vanity project
