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
January 7, 2026
Peoples World: White House rewrites history of Jan. 6 insurrection
New Haven Indepenent: Teachers Union, NHPS Reach Tentative Deal
January 6, 2025
The New York Times: Texas Is Sued Over Investigations Into Teachers’ Speech After Charlie Kirk’s Death
January 5, 2026
K12Dive: Lawsuits challenge $60M cancellation of community schools grants
January 3, 2026
CT Insider: Connecticut waits as filing is due Monday in lawsuit over imperiled school programs
New Haven Register: Connecticut waits as filing is due Monday in lawsuit over imperiled school programs
January 1, 2026
The Intercept: American Labor Needed Unity. Then Came Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.
December 31, 2025
The Washington Post: The teachers working winter break jobs to make ends meet
December 24, 2025
New Haven Independent: New Havener Of The Year
December 22, 2025
NBC News: AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
December 20, 2025
CT Insider: Some CT community schools programs lose federal funding: ‘Beyond a disservice’
December 17, 2025
New Haven Independent: Amid Contract “Impasse,” Teachers Union Readies For Arbitration
New Haven Register (with video): New Haven teachers’ contract heading toward arbitration, union president says: ‘We will be ready’
December 16, 2025
NBC Connecticut News: ‘We aren’t backing down’: arbitration deadline looms for New Haven teachers union
Publishers Weekly: Reintroduction of Federal Right to Read Act Aims to Bolster Literacy, School Libraries
Middletown Press: Middletown charter school files lawsuit against CT Department of Education over funding to open
December 12, 2025
New Haven Independent: Alders Press For NHPS-Budget Clarity
NBC Connecticut News (with video): New Haven Alders push for school budget clarity, while teachers lobby for health care
Statescoop: State leaders, civil rights groups respond to ‘dangerous’ Trump order banning state AI laws
December 10, 2025
The Courant: CT educators slam mayor’s decision to pause school renovation projects. ‘This is about safety’
The Street Roundtable: Major labor union warns new bill could put retirement savings at risk
December 9, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven teachers are advocating for affordable health care, higher wages in new contract
The Courant: CT meets milestone in desegregation settlement. Why educators say disparity persists
New Haven Independent: Teachers Make Closing Push For Affordable Health Care
CNBC: Teachers’ union AFT slams crypto market bill, warns of ‘profound risks’ for America’s retirement plans
December 7, 2025
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): New Haven teachers push for higher wages, affordable health care amid contract negotiations
Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 21, 2025
Newsweek: Student Loan Repayments: What To Expect in 2026
December 17, 2025
The Chronicle: UConn faculty union calling for action on $1.5M salary equity fund
December 16, 2025
CNBC: Trump officials move slowly on student loan forgiveness, repayment plan backlog: court filing
December 12, 2025
The Courant: A CT university has a $44B endowment. But staff layoffs are possible; prof calls it ‘demoralizing’
December 10, 2025
New Haven Register: Connecticut’s $10B pension paydown will save taxpayers $18B in the long term, officials say
December 9, 2025
Forbes Magazine: Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
January 6, 2026
CT Mirror: After Years Of Uncertainty, Hartford HealthCare Marks First Day At Manchester Memorial And Its Rockville Campus
January 5, 2026
CT Insider: Prospect to pay Vernon nearly $1M for tax debts as Hartford HealthCare takes over at Rockville General Hospital
December 31, 2025
CT News Junkie: CT Nurse Union ‘Will Remain Vigilant’ Following Hartford HealthCare Purchase of Rockville, Manchester Hospitals
December 30, 2025
NBC Connecticut (with video): Hartford HealthCare set to acquire Manchester, Rockville hospitals
CT Insider: UConn Health expansion’s effect on healthcare costs for CT residents a matter of debate
December 19, 2025
The Nation – Column: The Public Health Heroes of 2025
December 13, 2025
The Middletown Press: From forgiven debt to diverted funding, records provide insight into Prospect’s CT hospital financial woes
December 11, 2025
The Courant: CT health strategy department approves Hartford Healthcare’s acquisition of two hospitals
December 9, 2025
CT Insider: UConn Health details plan for Waterbury Hospital but seeks to shield some data on economic impact, quality care from public
January 1, 2026
TruthOut – Interview: Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
December 18, 2025
Academic Freedom on the Line: New AAUP Report on AI and Academic Professions
December 16, 2025
In These Times – Working People Podcast (with audio): In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education
