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Members of SEIU 1199 say a newly announced contract will avert a planned May 27 strike and provide $164 million for nursing homes and $149 million for group homes.

Puerto Rican girls ages 7 to 18 compete each year for the crown, a scholarship and cultural pride.

Educators and some council members say Hartford Public Schools still need help to address a decade of flat funding.

Historians and educators discussed the importance of capturing family history. They spoke as part of a panel discussion for an exhibition at CT State Community College Capital from the National Puerto Rican Diaspora Museum.

The Bilingual Financial Literacy Symposium from the City of Hartford’s Treasurer’s Office will offer workshops and resources in English and Spanish.

Residents of a veterans housing complex in Newington say the landlord is retaliating against them for forming a union. They say the backlash is coming in the form of eviction threats and bogus rent debts.

The pro-worker marches come as ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø nursing home union members are set to strike in mid-May.

The Blue Hills Civic Association, which offers a services including job training, housing assistance and violence prevention programs suddenly laid off most of its staff earlier this month.

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced $3 million in city funding will go to public schools, to help address a budget shortfall. But he’s also calling on state officials to help amid federal funding uncertainty.

The ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø State Department of Education has announced a new partnership with the nonprofit RE!NSTITUTE. They will work to find new ways to connect homeless families with social services.