CT has $138.5 million set aside for school air quality. Why are there no plans to spend it?

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 4, 2024 | Uncategorized

Connecticut will not offer a third round of school air quality grants due to “funding constraints,” the state says, despite $138.5 million remaining in a fund intended for that purpose. Created in 2022 after years of advocacy to improve school air quality...

Yale New Haven Hospital to mark construction milestone for Adams Neurosciences Center

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized

More than two years after breaking ground for the project, Yale New Haven Hospital will celebrate a milestone for the construction of its new Adams Neurosciences Center. The hospital broke ground in August 2022 on the $838 million, 505,000-square-foot center on its...

CT’s marquee stadium needs $63M in repairs. Why increased attendance is making a difference.

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized

With a major renovation at Hartford’s XL Center arena now launched, attention is now turning to Rentschler Field stadium across the river in East Hartford — home of the University of Connecticut football program — and the $63 million in state-taxpayer funded repairs a...

As deadline looms, here’s what Meriden is spending its $36 million in ARPA money on

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 2, 2024 | Uncategorized

The City Council formally approved $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act projects, including an 11th-hour plan to replace the Senior Center roof and conduct a needs assessment to renovate the 80-year-old building. The latest round brings the city closer to drawing...

Yale plans new dramatic arts building in downtown New Haven

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 2, 2024 | Uncategorized

Yale University is looking to construct a new seven-story, 188,300-square-foot dramatic arts building on school-owned property at the corner of York and Crown streets in downtown New Haven. The new building will be home to the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale...