After one of CT’s most expensive airplane vs. bird strikes, Danbury Municipal Airport’s team is working to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Calista Oetama
Calista is a data reporting intern with CT Mirror. She is a rising senior at Yale University majoring in History and English. Last year, Calista reported for the Sacramento Bee’s metro desk, covering politics, science and the environment, and education. She previously served as co-editor-in-chief of The New Journal, a long-form journalism magazine about Yale and New Haven.
Posted inHealth
More CT residents are taking testosterone
Androgen prescriptions in Connecticut have increased by 63% over the past three years — and endocrinologists say most are going to men.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Follow one of Connecticut’s 500 Black Revolutionary War soldiers
In 1777, CT passed two laws that incentivized slaveowners to send Black soldiers into war.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
CT exhibition presents unexpected stories of the Revolutionary War
“Connecticut’s Revolution” is the largest exhibition the Museum of Connecticut History has installed in decades.
Posted inEducation
Report: CT schools among the most segregated in the U.S.
The report came as little surprise to state education leaders, who cited widespread opposition to regionalization as a key obstacle.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
CT once had the largest enslaved population in New England
Connecticut’s enslaved population of 5,098 in 1774 was larger than any other New England colony before the Revolutionary War.
Posted inHousing
Homelessness in CT rises again, but at a lower rate
There were 3,847 people living in shelters or outside in Connecticut in January 2026, a 3% increase from January 2025.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Report: CT youth community service participation has dropped
Connecticut used to lead the nation in youth community service participation. Recent data shows that engagement levels have dropped.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
More same-sex couples are getting married in CT
Between 2023 and 2024, the number of same-sex marriages in Connecticut increased by 32% — four times more than the national average.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
CT has 322 students per counselor, more than recommended
Despite steady increases in their numbers over the past few years, Connecticut’s school counselors remain stretched thin.