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
May 14, 2026
The Courant: Audit confirmed Hartford schools deficit. HPS leaders: State ‘created confusion and mistrust’
May 13, 2026
CT Insider: Connecticut’s neediest schools lost out when lawmakers bypassed funding formula
The Chronicle: Voters reject town, Board of Education budgets at Windham referendum
May 12, 2026
CNBC: Crypto legislation faces another hurdle: Labor unions
May 10, 2026
Mashable: The fierce battle over AI in schools
May 8, 2026
The CT Mirror: New CT budget sets Lamont’s legacy as he seeks 3rd term
May 6, 2026
CT Insider: Meriden officials approve $242 million budget that increases spending by 3.8%
MarketWatch: A major union warns regulators that Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO ‘defies financial logic’
May 5, 2026
CT Insider: Meriden Public Schools to receive $7.8M in additional state aid, avoiding staff cuts
May 2, 2026
CT Insider: Connecticut May Day protests: Demonstrators cited high costs, voting rights
May 1, 2026
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): May Day demonstrators in New Haven make plea for change
April 30, 2026
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): New Britain Board of Education moves to prevent teacher layoffs amid budget concerns
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): New Britain schools see progress on funding gap as state increases aid
The Bulletin: May Day protests planned across Connecticut this Friday
April 27, 2026
The CT Mirror: CT officials struggle to pay for school aid even without tax rebate
New Haven Independent: NHPS Projects $12.9M End-Of-Year Deficit
April 26, 2026
FOX 61 News: Hartford school district names top 3 finalists for 2026 Teacher of the Year
April 25, 2026
CT Insider: Meriden superintendent addresses concerns over possible Thomas Hooker Elementary School closure
April 24, 2026
New Britain Herald: BOE Budget Battle – New Britain school budget debate grows as mayor, superintendent respond to proposed cuts
April 23, 2026
CT Insider: Emails detail Fairfield’s 4-hour scramble before canceling Linda McMahon’s school visit
FOX 61 News (video): New Britain Board of Education meeting discuss budget
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Dozens of New Britain teachers could be on the chopping block
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): New Britain schools pausing teacher layoffs amid budget concerns
The Chronicle: Set For Referendum: Windham finalizes budget for town vote
April 22, 2026
CT Insider: Schools in Bridgeport, Hamden, Hartford may get more state funding as Democrats hold budget talks
The Guardian: What is May Day Strong, the ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ protests against Trump?
April 21, 2026
The Record-Journal: ‘Fund us now’: Maloney students walk out of class as Meriden faces $6.3M deficit
NBC Connecticut (video): Meriden high school students walk out to protest lack of education funding
FOX 61 News (with video): Low education funding draws Meriden students to protest for change from state leaders
Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 14, 2026
CT Mirror: Lamont backfills $35M in lost federal research grants for UConn
May 11, 2026
The Boston Globe: Tenure is not what it used to be, as these Tufts professors found out
May 2, 2026
the CT Mirror: CT legislature adopts $28B budget with big aid for towns, childcare
April 30, 2026
Across Connecticut Patch: Newly-Approved CT State Employee Contracts Feature Wage Increases
Higher Ed Dive: State lawmakers eye accreditation policy changes as new agency forms
Inside Higher Ed: New State Laws Land Blows Against Shared Governance, Tenure
April 29, 2026
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Connecticut state legislature approves employee union contract
April 28, 2026
The Courant: Hundreds sign petition against CT university’s plan for major changes. Opponents fear ‘AI factory’
April 25, 2026
CT Insider: Connecticut interim higher ed chancellor resigns amid investigation, board says
April 24, 2026
The New York Times: A Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump
April 22, 2026
Higher Ed Dive: Higher education groups challenge Trump’s latest anti-DEI order
April 24, 2026
The CT Mirror: Will this be the year CT lawmakers curb private equity in health care?
April 23, 2026
The Rick Smith Show (audio): 4/23/2026 Episode
May 6, 2026
Fortune Magazine – Commentary: Teachers union chief: Melania Trump’s robot reveals what this administration really thinks of children
April 30, 2026
The Contrarian Pod (audio): Why Is the White House More Concerned with Building a Ballroom than Protecting Americans?
Substack – “My Take” Blog: The Race Around AI: Ensuring a Future Powered by Humans, Not Robots
April 28, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: A public education should be attainable for all
April 27, 2026
The Day – Op-Ed: Give Connecticut cities the option to strengthen democracy with Ranked Choice Voting
April 24, 2026
Yale Daily News – Op-Ed: Is teaching Yale’s top priority?
