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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This national flu epidemic is getting worse by the day and today bostons, population 600,000 plus, declared a Public Health emergency after the virus killed more than a dozen people. At least three more states montana, south dakota, and arizona are now reporting widespread flu, bringing the total to 44 states. And the c. D. C. Said the percentage of people going to the hospital for treatment has doub...

Boston. So we really need to get ahead of this at this point in time. Reporter and to do that, officials are urging vaccination for everyone six months and older. Clinics will be giving free shots this weekend. Lehigh Valley Hospital in pennsylvania is getting as many as 100 patients a day with flu like symptoms. A tent has been set up to handle the less serious cases. Nurse terry burger is in charge of infection control. We need a full functioning, active Emergency Department for the community,...

The partys shift toward extremism continued with a nod to an infamous anti-gay slur and an invitation to burn Pride flags.

Childcare workers, families and children rallied around CT Wednesday to demand that lawmakers approve more funding to buoy the sector.

As the rain came down outside, a chorus of voices rose inside on Tuesday at the Mansfield Discovery Depot, an early child care center. Students, teachers, and child care advocates called on Gov. Ned L...

A bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers wants to use state money to seed and sustain a trust fund designated solely to cover early childhood education. The proposal, House Bill 5002, would direct an initial $50 million in bond funding and up to $50 million more from the state’s projected budget surplus this fiscal year into the […]

A proposal to create a trust fund designated solely to cover early childhood education in Connecticut is being modeled after New Mexico

The proposed fund, modeled after a New Mexico initiative, would allow CT to 'actually do things' in a Blue Ribbon Panel child care plan.

CT stakeholders are saying the legislature moved too fast on the new kindergarten age cutoff and are urging them to delay its implementation.

Lamont’s urging for additional funding comes amid growing calls for greater allocation to childhood resources statewide. CT Voices for Children’s latest report highlighted the critical need for expansive and robust early care and education.