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
August 16, 2026
Politico: ‘Profoundly cruel’: Errors upend student loan forgiveness program
August 12, 2026
Journal-Inquirer: Harris concedes to Parkinson in Democratic primary in CT’s open 10th House District seat
CT News Junkie: CT Working Families Party Celebrates Sweep In General Assembly Races: ‘This Wasn’t Luck’
August 7, 2026
The Courant: CT undecided on Trump’s ‘education freedom’ tax credit. Advocates differ on who might benefit
New Haven Independent: As School Year’s Start Draws Near, DeLauro Pitches Expanded Child Tax Credit
August 5, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers Union Endorses Moore
The Guardian: Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
August 4, 2026
New Haven Independent: New NHPS Admin Roles Detailed, Debated
August 3, 2026
CT Insider: Most K-12 Connecticut students could qualify for new scholarships if state opts in to Trump program
July 28, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers Union Endorses Elliott
CT News Junkie: Second Education Group Backs Elliott For Governor
July 27, 2026
New Haven Independent: Blatteau Urges “Citizens’ Assembly” To Reconsider State Ed Funding
July 23, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers, Students Sound Alarm On State Of School Facilities
July 22, 2026
New Haven Register: New Haven teachers urge district, city elected officials to improve facilities: ‘Enough is enough.”
July 21, 2026
The Bristol Press: Bus drivers serving Bristol Public Schools ratify first DATTCO contract
July 17, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers Show Up — School Board Objects — At Anti-Retaliation Hearing
Public Employees & Higher Education News
August 14, 2026
CT Insider: Lamont, Fazio face tough questions from state employee unions in CT’s governor race
Yale Daily News: Billboards along I-95 join chorus urging Yale not to settle with Trump
August 13, 2026
The CT Mirror: CT worker unions to test gubernatorial contenders on key issues
August 11, 2026
Business Insider: Trump’s student-loan repayment overhaul faces a new lawsuit from the biggest public service and healthcare unions
The CT Mirror: Doug McCrory loses Democratic primary for CT 2nd Senate District
New Haven Independent: Challengers’ Night: Bermudez Defeats Moore, Sabin Defeats Dillon In State Rep Primaries
August 7, 2026
The CT Mirror: Lamont sticks to a fiscal discipline not always applauded by labor
Higher Ed Dive: The Heritage Foundation releases sweeping model bill to overhaul higher ed
August 4, 2026
University Business: If a three-year degree is controversial, what about a nine-month one?
July 30, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: National AAUP Starts Endorsing Political Candidates
Columbia Journalism Review: How a Network of Pink-Slime News Sites and Conservative Activists Went After Campus DEI
July 29, 2026
The Courant: UConn has lost $100M+ in federal funding. What will be hit the most
Bloomberg Law: Professors Notch Court Wins Over States Banning ‘Woke’ Teaching
July 26, 2026
Politico Magazine: Big Tech’s Money Men Don’t Care About the Backlash
July 23, 2026
Higher Ed Dive: Trump officials plan to shift more research funding to individual scientists
July 22, 2026
CT Insider: As Yale faces federal probes, new report warns Trump’s actions are reshaping higher education
July 20, 2026
Higher Ed Dive: ‘A razor’s edge’: How colleges are navigating civil rights probes under Trump
July 19, 2026
The Washington Post: Yale caught between Trump administration pressure and a campus that wants to fight
July 17, 2026
Bloomberg Law: DOJ’s Dhillon Tests Supreme Court Precedent in Admissions Probes
August 16, 2026
The Courant: In CT emergency departments, patients may wait hours for a hospital bed. Lawmaker: ‘Unsafe and unacceptable’
August 5, 2026
The Courant – Opinion: The urgent imperative to fully fund CT’s only public academic medical center
August 3, 2026
The Courant: Healthcare workers in CT say they face assault and abuse. ‘Emotional trauma and physical trauma,’: lawmaker
August 9, 2026
The Hill – Opinion: A new playbook for controlling universities
August 3, 2026
Between the Lines – Counterpoint (with audio): Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime Demands
July 31, 2026
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: Critics of the AAUP and the Delusions of Neutrality
MS Now – Opinion: How Donald Trump is wrecking the finances of families with student loan debt
July 30, 2026
CT News Junkie – Opinion: Take It From A Voucher-State Teacher – Lamont Shouldn’t Let Trump Privatize Public Education
July 27, 2026
The American Prospect – TAP: Yale Loses the Capitulation Bowl
July 24, 2026
The Courant – Commentary: Courage for change cannot mean handing over Connecticut House seat
Medium – AFT Voices Blog: Scientists, not politicians, should decide what research is funded
July 22, 2026
Between the Lines (with audio): Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale Extortion Deal
July 18, 2026
Ms. Magazine – Opinion: Trump’s Education Department Claims It’s Focused on Educator Sexual Misconduct. Is It Real Commitment or Political Messaging?
