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A bill that would have enhanced state funding for all types of public elementary and secondary schools bogged down this spring amid fears that it would force primary education and early childhood development programs to compete for the same dollars.

Measure would have boosted aid for magnet, charter, vo-ag schools

Connecticut’s full assistance program for homeowners who were affected financially by COVID-19 is now open for applications.

Many UConn students are set to pay more than $600 extra in fees per year beginning in July, one of a few adjustments the state university’s Board of Trustees made to student payment programs Wednesday.The increases were put in place in part to combat rising costs of dining and materials, which have become more expensive because of supply-chain issues during the pandemic.

Conservatives are pitted against advocates over a mental health center at the school.

A regional affordable housing plan for some of the wealthiest communities in Connecticut could allow towns to pay a fee and count housing units in neighboring towns toward their affordability goals, a move that critics say could worsen segregation.

About 125,000 Connecticut kids didn’t have enough to eat in the fall of 2021.

Legislators have introduced a bill that would require professional development for paraeducators and start the process of creating a professional certification process for the role, among other measures.

Connecticut has a shortage of about 87,000 units of housing that are affordable and available to extremely low income renters, according to estimates from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Connecticut pulled UniteCT applications that weren’t complete by March 31.