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Public Employees & Higher Education News
February 20, 2025
Law360: Unions Demand Insight Into DOGE’s Agency Audits
February 19, 2025
News 12 CT (with video): American Federation of Teachers president discusses education under Trump administration
February 18, 2025
New Britain Herald: New Britain schools propose 11.43% budget increase
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Schools Left Behind in City Budget: $13.3M Shortfall Sparks Public Outcry
Public News Service: CT paraeducators organize to get a living wage
Inside Higher Ed: Federal Judge Gives DOGE Access to Education Department Data
February 17, 2025
CNN: Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life
Crooked: Will U.S. Public Schools Survive Trump?
February 16, 2025
New Haven Register: Snow removal failures leave New Haven students and staff struggling to access schools, officials say
February 13, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk CFO Recommends 4% Increase for Schools at BET Meeting; Public Hearing Tonight
The Georgetown Voice: Educators rally outside Congress to protest Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee
NBC Connecticut (with video): Linda McMahon promised to return education to the states during her confirmation hearing
February 12, 2025
New Haven Independent: Special Ed Staff Shortages Spotlighted
WJLA: Parents, educators gather to implore Elon Musk to ‘Stay out of the Dept. of Education’
February 11, 2025
Diverse Education: Teachers Rally Against Musk’s Education Control
New haven Independent: Union Prez Files Schools OSHA Complaint
Diverse Issues in Education: Teachers Rally Against Musk’s Education Control
February 10, 2025
Politico: Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data
Associated Press: Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
Associated Press: Can Trump bring unions into the GOP fold? His labor nominee presents a major test
The Washington Post: Education Department agrees to block DOGE from accessing student data
February 7, 2025
CT Insider: State lawmakers push to fund emergency communication devices in schools
February 4, 2025
CT Insider: ‘A chilling effect in our schools’: CT educators, advocates condemn Trump administration’s policies
The CT Mirror: Education advocates want expanded student protections in wake of Trump orders
Connecticut Public (with audio): CT advocates decry ‘unprecedented attacks’ on public schools, students by Trump administration
Newsweek (with video): DOE Collapse Would Leave Millions of Teachers Without Funding
NPR News – All Things Considered (with audio): The prospect of immigration agents entering schools is sending shockwaves among communities
February 3, 2025
New Haven Independent: (S)nowhere To Park At School
February 2, 2025
MSNBC: ‘We’re protecting our kids’: Teachers brace for ICE agents to conduct arrests on school campuses
CT Insider: ‘Devastating to Connecticut schools’: Fear Trump funding freeze could return lingers
January 30, 2025
New Britain Progressive: BOE Requests 12% Increase In Local Aid
January 29, 2025
Diverse Education: Federal Grant Freeze Draws Fire from Universities, Teachers Union
Washington Post: With sweeping orders, Trump aims to control race teaching, boost school choice
CT Insider: Special education drives 4.49% increase to Manchester school budget
K12Dive: Trump signs executive orders prioritizing school choice, ending K-12 ‘indoctrination’
January 28, 2025
NewsTimes: 28 layoffs proposed in 2025-26 Newtown school budget creates ‘somewhat reasonable’ 5% tax hike
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Faces Financial Crossroads: Balancing Education and City Budget Challenges
EdSource: Supreme Court to weigh legality of public funding for religious charter schools
January 26, 2025
CT Insider: Teacher salary increases, new funding formula among task force ideas to better CT special education
January 24, 2025
Politico: As schools brace for Trump’s immigration raids, Dems split over how to respond
January 22, 2025
Yale Daily News: ANALYSIS: Decades of fiscal negligence shape debate over spending at state capitol, city hall
Payday Report: 18,000 Costco Workers Vote to Strike – UFW Faces Intimidation – AFT Vows to Resist School Raids
January 21, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (video): Educating Connecticut on News 8
ABC News (with video): Democrats look to define dynamics of race for party chair
People’s World: Trump inaugural speech shot through with racism, imperialism, exploitation
Public Employees & Higher Education News
February 20, 2025
Hartford Business Journal: More than 500 state workers file testimony against bill requiring them to work in the office
Inside Higher Ed: Higher Ed Unions Rally Against Trump’s Cuts
The Guardian U.S.: Critics say Trump’s executive orders to reshape the NIH ‘will kill’ Americans
February 16, 2025
The Courant: From the White House to NY, workers being ordered back to office. How about CT state employees?
February 15, 2025
CT News Junkie: UConn Faculty, Staff Seeking Expanded Paid Family Leave
February 17, 2025
The Daily Campus: Professor’s union asks for 16 weeks of paid parental leave at press conference
February 13, 2025
New York Times: Some Schools Act After Trump’s D.E.I. Orders. Others Say They’ll Resist.
CT Insider: Lawmakers quiz CT Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget chief on spending priorities: ‘We need a new path’
February 8, 2025
Associated Press: Trump’s DEI order leaves academic researchers fearful of political influence over grants
February 4, 2025
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Leading Academic Group Joins Legal Challenge Against Executive Orders on DEI Programs
February 2, 2025
CT Mirror: Lamont’s commitment to CT’s fiscal ‘guardrails’ is being tested
January 31, 2025
Yale Daily News: Faculty revive Yale’s AAUP chapter
January 30, 2025
CT Insider: Lawmakers approve more scrutiny for state employee pension boosts following CT Insider investigation
Associated Press: Trump’s orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses
January 29, 2025
Hartford Business Journal: Union membership rises in CT, hits new low nationally
January 28, 2025
CT Mirror: CT’s free-spending past leaves some wary of easing budget caps
USA Today: Federal student loans, Pell Grants not tied up in funding pause, but will be reviewed
Inside Higher Ed: Higher Ed Alarmed by Trump’s Plan to Freeze Federal Grants
People’s World: Trump executive orders roll back civil rights, workers’ rights, and greenlight fraud
February 10, 2025
NBC Connecticut: Yale New Haven Health is ending one of their visiting nurse programs
The Day: Marx critical of YNHH plan to end visiting nurse programs
Feb 4, 2025
CT Insider: Quality of care at Prospect’s CT hospitals behind that of Yale New Haven Health in some areas
January 30, 2025
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Medical workers ask for more time as Trinity Health outsources their jobs
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Trinity Healthcare giving ultimatum to employees, sign on to work for a private group or be out of a job
Connecticut Public (with audio): Doctors worry about ‘mass exit’ of providers after Trinity Health partners with for-profit group
January 29, 2025
CT Insider: Prospect Medical Holdings, Medical Properties Trust owe $23.6M in delinquent taxes to municipalities
January 26, 2025
Yale Daily News: Proposed state legislation targets private equity in healthcare
CT Insider: Prospect’s deal to sell Connecticut hospitals in flux after bankruptcy filing
February 18, 2025
CT Mirror: Opinion: Progressive tax policies are good for CT
February 10, 2025
The Courant – Opinion: Historic win for Connecticut educators and state workers
February 8, 2025
Medium – AFT Voices: A grassroots victory for public service workers
February 7, 2025
The Daily Campus – Editorial: Trump administration poses challenges for international students and faculty at UConn
Feb 3, 2025
Simplecast – Mornings with Zerlina (audio): Interview with Randi Weingarten & Karen Reyes
Feb 2, 2025
The Courant: Joseph P. Paluszewski Obituary
Feb 1, 2025
YouTube: CNN: Randi Weingarten on CNN 2/1/25
January 31, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Op-Ed: Adjusting CT’s guardrails is the fiscally and morally responsible choice
January 30, 2025
Daily Kos – Opinion: Take it from union leaders—elect Ben Wikler chair of the DNC
January 28, 2025
YouTube (video): Jen Taub LIVE – Special Guest Randi Weingarten’s AFT is Suing Elon’s DOGE!!
January 27, 2025
The Courant: Opinion: Will CT fiscal roadblocks impact investing in paraeducators again in 2025?
January 24, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: Expand tuition relief to the CT state universities
January 23, 2025
The Courant: William F Hagan Obituary
