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Public Employees & Higher Education News
April 13, 2025
Yale Daily News: State response unclear as Trump cuts loom over schools
The Intercept: The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain
April 11, 2025
Common Dreams: ‘Welcome to the Oligarchy Era’: Social Security Administration Switches Communications to Musk’s X
April 10, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News: North Haven Barnes & Noble becomes 10th unionized location in U.S.
April 9, 2025
New Haven Independent: Schools Supt. Eyes “Painful” Staff Cuts
CT News Junkie: Push To Suspend Fiscal Guardrails Puts Pressure On Lamont Amid Budget Debate
April 8, 2025
Americans United: Join the fight! AFT President Randi Weingarten reminds SRF attendees what’s at stake
New Britain Herald: Hayes reintroduces bill of rights for education workers, support staff
April 7, 2025
Reuters: Musk’s DOGE team can access sensitive data for now, appeals court rules
Associated Press: Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
Yale Daily News: Thousands rally in downtown New Haven in national anti-Trump demonstration
April 6, 2025
Greater New Haven Arts Council – Blog: Poetry Into Power, As Hundreds Rally On The Green
April 5, 2025
New Haven Register: Hundreds rally in New Haven against Trump’s policies: ‘We’re going to march and take it all back’
Stamford Advocate: Greenwich, Stamford rally against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ protests: ‘We are in the fight of our lives’
CT Insider: Thousands across CT protest Trump, Musk Saturday as part of nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ movement
WSHU Public Radio News: Thousands attend CT “Hands Off” rallies on Saturday
New Haven Independent: New Haven To Trump, Musk: “Hands Off!”
April 3, 2025
New Haven Register: Connecticut schools must eliminate ‘illegal DEI practices’ in 10 days or risk losing funding
April 2, 2025
CT News Junkie: Protests Planned Across Connecticut This Weekend As Part of ‘Hands Off’ Movement
BBC: Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash
Bloomberg: Teachers’ Union Urges Public Pensions to Seek Tesla Stake Review
April 1, 2025
Yale Daily News: Trump cuts felt in New Haven schools
March 31, 2025
The Courant: There’s a plan in CT that could bring free preschool for families earning $100K. How it would work.
Peoples Dispatch: Trump ends collective bargaining rights for nearly one million in “retaliatory” attack, say unions
March 26, 2025
Associated Press: Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding cut
Associated Press: Education Department reopens applications for student loan repayment plans
March 24, 2025
New York Times: Judge Blocks Education Officials From Providing Sensitive Data to Musk’s Team
New York Times: Teachers Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Push to Shut Education Dept.
CT Mirror: CT delegation promises action in response to Trump order on Department of Education
Associated Press: Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies
March 22, 2025
Westfair Business Journal: Congressman Latimer tells rally that Trump and enablers intend to end Social Security
CNN: Dismantling the Department of Education will strip resources from disabled children, parents and advocates say
March 21, 2025
CT Insider: What Trump’s Department of Education executive order means for Connecticut schools
New Haven Independent: Wexler-Grant, Lincoln-Bassett To Merge
The CT Mirror: Bigger Social Security checks coming to thousands in CT
March 20, 2025
New Haven, CT Patch: All Aboard Ed Express: NHPS Students, Mayor Testified At State Capitol
CT News Junkie: Connecticut Students Share Their Experience At Underfunded Schools
Bloomberg Law: Teachers Union Seeks Restoration of Income-Driven Loan Plans
March 19, 2025
Diverse Education: Education Department Faces Federal Lawsuit as Student Loan Crisis Deepens for Millions
CNBC: Union sues Trump administration for shutting down student loan repayment plans
March 17, 2025
CT Insider: CT schools have fewer teachers and more administrators than 13 years ago, new report shows
March 16, 2025
CBS News News York: AFT President Randi Weingarten sounds alarm on Trump education cuts
CBS News New York – The Point (video): How could Trump’s Education Department cuts impact students?
March 13, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven needs to hire about 700 positions to meet student needs based on study recommendations
New York Times: What We’ve Learned About School Closures for the Next Pandemic
Public Employees & Higher Education News
April 12, 2025
Forbes: Student Loan Payments May Skyrocket Next Month For Married Borrowers, Suggests Trump Administration
April 11, 2025
USA Today: 19 state AGs ask federal judge to block Trump’s international student-visa cancellations
April 9, 2025
CT Post: CT Democrats call for Gov. Ned Lamont to declare fiscal emergency in wake of lost $200 million
Diverse Issues in Higher Ed: Faculty Salaries Rise for Second Consecutive Year, Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
April 7, 2025
The Washington Post: Feds are revoking student visas without notifying colleges
April 6, 2025
Fox 61 News – The Real Story (video): Higher Education Funding
April 4, 2025
Associated Press: Trump administration issues demands on Harvard as conditions for billions in federal money
Inside Higher Ed: As Universities Yield to Trump, Higher Ed Unions Are Fighting
April 3, 2025
ICE Media: Storming the State Capitol for Education
April 2, 2025
CT Examiner: College Students Rally for Higher Ed Funding
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): College students rally for more funding at state capitol
April 1, 2025
Forbes Magazine: 8 Student Loan Dates And Deadlines Borrowers Should Know For 2025
March 31, 2025
The Hill: Trump education moves: Where the legal challenges stand
March 29, 2025
Associated Press: Private groups work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation
March 28, 2025
The CT Mirror: Debate over CT pension calculations heats up
March 27, 2025
CNBC News: Student loan borrowers can once again apply for income-driven repayment plans—these 3 options are available
The Daily Campus: Arrested professor Sherry Zane files civil action suit against UConn; cites wage theft, defamation, lack of due process
March 26, 2025
Chronicle of Higher Education: This Time, Higher Ed’s Resistance to Trump is Being Led by Its Associations
March 25, 2025
CT Mirror: CSCU saved hundreds of millions while asking for more
The New York Times: Trump’s Cuts to Columbia Were a ‘Gun to the Head,’ Faculty Lawsuit Says
March 23, 2025
The Courant: Overtime for CT state employees costs taxpayers hundreds of millions. Here’s where and why
March 22, 2025
CT Insider: What closing the Department of Education would mean for student loans
March 21, 2025
The New York Times: Trump Cleaves Student Loan and Special Education Services From Education Dept.
Associated Press: Colleges cut ties with a little-known nonprofit targeted by the Trump administration over DEI
March 18, 2025
The CT Mirror: Lamont’s budget for CT is $230 million short
March 15, 2025
CT News Junkie: Committee OKs Expansion Of Debt-Free Community College Program To Include State Universities
March 14, 2025
Associated Press: Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump’s orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs
April 11, 2025
The Chronicle: Birthing Center ‘Not Feasible’: Residents outraged with firm’s recommendation
CT Public (with audio): Nursing staff shortages plague Waterbury Hospital amid Prospect bankruptcy, records show
April 10, 2025
The CT Mirror: Freestanding birth center not feasible in Windham, study finds
April 7, 2025
NBC Connecticut: State lawmaker fears drop in patient care quality with new employer contract
April 1, 2025
CT Mirror: Report on Prospect Medical highlights service cuts at CT hospital
CT Insider: Patient advocate reports no ‘material issues’ at visits to Prospect’s Connecticut hospitals
March 27, 2025
The CT Mirror: CT legislators OK bill to restrict closures of labor and delivery units
April 8, 2025
Labor Notes: Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
April 7, 2025
Between the Lines – Counterpoint (audio): Connecticut Prepares for Trump Federal Education Budget Cuts
April 6, 2025
The Day – Opinion: It’s not too late to save vital health care support
April 3, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: We are failing our future by failing CT schools
April 2, 2025
The Daily Campus: UConn’s denial of budget cuts shows a lack of needed transparency
March 28, 2025
YouTube New Haven Independent Channel – The Readman Truth to Power Hour (video): Julian Vasquez Heilig
Teen Vogue – Interview: Students Are Getting Swept Up By ICE Under Trump. Here’s How Professors Are Responding
March 27, 2025
The New Republic – Commentary: Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
March 25, 2025
The Hill – Opinion: Trump seeks to weaken US education, retirement security programs
Apple Podcasts – Union Talk (audio): Economic Opportunity or Destruction?
BuzzSprout – AAUP Presents Podcast (audio): Public Life on the Line Ep #2
March 24, 2025
The American Prospect – Column: How to Use Your Power
March 23, 2025
Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence – Blog: An Opportunity for Students & Teachers with ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
March 21, 2025
CT Insider – Letter: Going without a functioning Department of Education
March 20, 2025
Medium – AFT Voices Blog: ‘We the people’ are losing invaluable educational opportunities
March 19, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: Ned Lamont’s ongoing fiscal extremism
March 14, 2025
The Rick Smith Show (Audio): Interview with Randi Weingarten
Ms. Magazine – Interview: Amid Right-Wing Attacks on Education, the American Association of University Professors Organizes for Academic Freedom
In These Times – Commentary: How a “Plan 2028” Could Bring Labor and Social Movements Together
