Online-only newspaper from Hartford, CT, founded 2009 by the Connecticut News Project
States are expanding literacy training for K-5 teachers under new laws and funding. Michigan requires all K-5 reading teachers to complete training in the science of reading, with LETRS as a named option. California and others have invested heavily in literacy coaches and pre-K expansion to lift reading outcomes, while still aiming to improve early-grade proficiency.
Multiple US states are pausing or regulating Flock Safety’s ALPR network amid privacy concerns, with ongoing debates on data use and accountability for law enforcement.
Save the Sound’s 2026 Long Island Sound Report Card shows water quality improving across open-water regions: Western, Central and Eastern basins earn A grades, Eastern Narrows B, Western Narrows rises to D. Report cites billions invested in wastewater/stormwater upgrades and warns climate change risks remain.