Connecticut
Sandy Hook families and others in Conn. grieve following Georgia mass shooting
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A heartbreaking day felt in Georgia and across the country, including right here in Connecticut following a school shooting that left four dead and another nine hurt.
“When there is a school shooting, it absolutely is re-traumatizing for every family that has lost a child to violence, whether it’s in a school or not,” Scarlett Lewis, Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement founder, said.
After losing her six-year-old son in the Sandy Hook tragedy, Lewis launched the “Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement” which teaches people how to deal with difficult times in their life and grow from them.
“Why are our kids so angry? Because they’re in a tremendous amount of emotional pain and they don’t have the skills and tools to manage that pain. And so they take it out on other people,” Lewis said.
Nicole Hockley’s son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook elementary and then she co-founded Sandy Hook Promise.
In a statement, Hockley wrote in part:
“This crisis demands action from all of us, no matter what divides us. By working together, we can create a future where all children are free from the threat of gun violence in their schools, homes, and communities.”
Sandy Hook Promise has promoted violence prevention programs and has called for new gun laws to help keep firearms from those who might be a danger to themselves or others.
Tougher gun laws is something Newtown Action Alliance is also demanding.
The shooting’s impact is being felt by others here in the state.
UConn alum and Connecticut Sun player Olivia Nelson-Ododa wrote on X, “never in a million years would I imagined this happening in my hometown.”
She adds her heart is broken and she is praying for people there.
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Connecticut
Quinnipiac University student center reopens after report of pipe bomb
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The student center at Quinnipiac University has reopened after getting a report of a possible pipe bomb on campus.
University officials told NBC Connecticut that Carl Hanson Student Center was evacuated and people were asked to steer clear of the area.
In a message to students, officials said that the Regional Bomb Squad responded to campus for reports of a pipe bomb, but no bomb was found.
The student center and Tator Hall have reopened and the building has been deemed safe.
A spokesperson for Quinnipiac told NBC Connecticut a student saw the bomb threat on social media and alerted authorities. The school says it encourages students who see something to say something.
University officials said classes scheduled to meet in Tator Hall will move online for the rest of the the day. If meeting online isn’t an option, faculty will contact students about course material.
Connecticut
2024 Survey of Connecticut Businesses » CBIA
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CBIA’s 2024 Survey of Connecticut Businesses—the 22nd annual edition, made possible again through the generous support of Marcum LLP—captures the state of business in Connecticut at an important transition point.
It’s been four-plus years since the pandemic shut down the state, national, and global economies— years that brought change and rapidly evolving business models, consumer behavior, careers, and workplaces.
The key question is this: what’s next for Connecticut? While it can be argued that the pandemic made us a stronger state, old issues and new await as the state charts its future course.
Federal pandemic relief funds—a critical lifeline over the past four years that kept tax hikes at bay as government spending increased—will no longer be available when the Lamont administration and the legislature hammer out the state’s latest two-year budget next winter and spring.
Numerous special interest groups are pushing policymakers to weaken the state’s fiscal guardrails, a key component of the critical 2017 budget reforms that the legislature extended just last year and the reason the state is, for now, on such firm financial footing.
CBIA surveyed more than 2,700 top business executives on the heels of the 2024 Connecticut General Assembly session, one that fell short of leveraging that fiscal strength to address economic roadblocks and set a strategic course for continued growth.
This report provides a snapshot of the state’s current economy, expectations from business leaders for the future, and insights into what makes Connecticut both an attractive and challenging state to do business.
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Connecticut
2 people injured in Rocky Hill head-on crash
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Two people are injured after a head-on crash in Rocky Hill Tuesday night.
The fire department said it happened on Silas Deane Highway. Two cars collided and two people sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Some oil spilled and made it into a nearby storm sewer after the crash. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) was called in.
No additional information was immediately available.
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