
Maxwell Zeff
Larry Lunden Spring News InternMaxwell Zeff is the Spring 2022 Larry Lunden News Intern at CT Public. He assists The Accountability Project investigative news team.
Zeff is a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he’s receiving a dual degree in Journalism and Communication. Coming from a multimedia background in college, where he started his school newspaper’s podcast section and produced a series of short-form documentaries, he’s now pursuing a career in longform storytelling.
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2.4 million New Englanders are predicted to travel by car for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s legislature voted to make Juneteenth an official state holiday last month. Celebrations this weekend feature speeches from local representatives, food vendors and art performances.
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's gun laws are influencing new legislation in the U.S. Senate. The new Protecting Our Kids Act draws directly from the state's existing laws.
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James Boulay, the police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jayson Negron is set to face the victim’s family in court later this year.
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Bridgeport Public Schools declared Eid al-Fitr an official school holiday this month, becoming the third º£½Ç»»ÆÞ district to take the day off for an Islamic holiday, after New Haven and Hamden. The school holiday recognizes the needs of Bridgeport’s growing Muslim population.
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Bridgeport Public Schools’ Board of Education voted on Monday night to give students the day off for the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr. The new official school holiday concludes the month of Ramadan and goes into effect during the 2023-2024 school year.
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This comes a month after Gov. Ned Lamont earmarked $90 million for air quality upgrades, following reporting by º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s Accountability Project that one-third of school districts don’t have the money to upgrade their own HVAC systems.
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Many requests for government records are left hanging in limbo for months, frustrating transparency advocates and citizens alike.
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ reached out to the entire Hartford delegation. All of the lawmakers expressed concerns with the Sheff settlement’s lack of focus and resources for traditional neighborhood schools.