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These are our children, these are their lives: Lamonts education funding plans under fire Frankie Graziano and Ahjane Forbes, CTMirror.org Feb. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Fran Rabinowitz, executive director for the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, shown here in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media As Gov. Ned Lamont rolls out his budget proposals for the coming biennium, education funding seems poised to become ...

CT homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage are running out of time FacebookTwitterEmail File photo of a house sold at a foreclosure sale in Bridgeport in 2016.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media As the pandemic drags on, time is running out for many homeowners. People with loans in forbearance have to resume payments this year, likely as soon as the end of March. It leaves many borrowers with difficult choices — either find the money to pay their mortgage, refinance if possible, convinc...

Vaccine rollout has been choppy so far. And newly released numbers show Wisconsin hasnt been successful yet in vaccinating its diverse population evenly.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jaime Herrera Beutler has spent a decade in Congress as a low-key...

San Antonio mayor makes urgent bid to FEMA for mass vaccination site FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Vehicles line up in Fair Park to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Dallas on Wednesday as the site shifted to a drive-thru model. The federal and state governments plan to build three new major Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) in Dallas, Arlington, and Houston.Tom Fox /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A worker arranges cones at a mostly-empty vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on Thursday in...

Jefferson: Rackspace co-founder Graham Weston wants progress, and he wants it now FacebookTwitterEmail Graham Weston talks about his Community Lab Covid-19 testing program on Sept. 23, 2020.Tom Reel, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographer It’s hard to tell how serious Graham Weston was three years ago when he proposed that the University of Texas at San Antonio sell its downtown campus to another higher ed institution, one that had gumption. Maybe he was just spit-balling. “I think I...

On Thursday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gathered at Texas Southern University to celebrate the launch of the school’s new coronavirus vaccine clinic. The vaccination center on TSU’s campus is being managed by St. Luke’s hospital with the hope that it’ll become a local leader for getting vaccines to Houstonians of color. Thursday’s event came after a hectic Tuesday for the new clinic, which was bombarded with eager Houstonians desperately s...

Bridgeport vaccination efforts hampered by low dose distribution FacebookTwitterEmail Nurse Elin Loh assists Lt. Ken Benedict of the Bridgeport Fire Department as he administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a man at the weekly vaccination clinic held in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 10, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT — Emergency management officials said they have strengthened vaccination distribution with a more user-friendly registration...

New COVID cases, hospitalizations drop as virus relaxes grip on San Antonio FacebookTwitterEmail Rosalinda Espinoza, 58, receives an infusion of antibodies to battle her COVID-19 at the Freeman Coliseum complex on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. She has suffered a heart attack, putting her at high-risk for complications from COVID-19. San Antonios health care system is in crisis from the latest COVID surge, and hospitals and local officials are doing everything they can to prevent the crisis from becomi...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s second-largest city will begin its third lockdown...