Jacob Stern
Staff Reporter
jacob.stern@yale.edu
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JACOB STERN
CT lawmakers optimistic ahead of budget talks

Connecticut lawmakers are optimistic that they will be able to reach a consensus ahead of next month’s negotiations over the state budget.

January 17, 2017

JACOB STERN
Gun-control advocates regroup after election losses

Connecticut gun control advocates said they are disappointed but remain hopeful in the wake of Donald Trump’s upset victory.

December 8, 2016

JACOB STERN
Trump nominates Steve Mnuchin ’85 for Treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump named Wall Street banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin ’85 as Secretary of the Treasury on Wednesday.

December 2, 2016

JACOB STERN
Trump to name Steve Mnuchin ’85 as Treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump will name Wall Street banker and Hollywood financier Steve Mnuchin ’85 as Secretary of the Treasury.

November 29, 2016

JACOB STERN
Malloy calls for unity in Thanksgiving message

In his annual Thanksgiving message to the people of Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy stressed the importance of goodwill and unity following one of the fiercest elections in recent memory.

November 29, 2016

JACOB STERN
Corey Menafee: Back to Work

Corey Menafee catapulted into first the local and then the national spotlight in mid-June when he smashed a stained-glass windowpane in the Calhoun College dining hall that depicted slaves picking cotton.

November 23, 2016

JACOB STERN
Connecticut senators condemn Bannon appointment

Sens. Richard Blumenthal ’LAW 73, D–Conn., and Chris Murphy, D–Conn., condemned President-elect Donald Trump on Monday for appointing former Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon as his senior counselor and chief West Wing strategist.

November 17, 2016

JACOB STERN
Corey Menafee: Back to Work

  Everyone is waiting for Corey Menafee. I can see my breath in the air, and the wind is unrelenting, but no one is leaving. The facade […]

November 10, 2016

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Voters report long waits, lost registrations

Elm City residents and Yale students voting downtown reported facing hiccups such as long wait times and lost registrations while attempting to cast their ballots on Election Day.

November 9, 2016

JACOB STERN
Students, admin create change a year after AAU report

Last September, the release of the Association of American Universities report on sexual misconduct — which said that Yale students experience sexual harassment or assault at rates greater than the national average — sent shock waves throughout the Yale community.

September 30, 2016

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JACOB STERN & DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY
Corporation moves toward transparency

As part of a new initiative to increase the Yale Corporation’s visibility on campus, Corporation Senior Fellow Donna Dubinsky ’77 joined a group of Jonathan Edwards College students for lunch Thursday to discuss what steps the Corporation can take to increase its transparency.

September 30, 2016