Gov. Ned Lamont, members of Congress and CT officials outlined plans, again, to provide faster service by 2035 on the New Haven line.
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Posted inCrossing Connecticut
How a CT filmmaker’s first feature won at Sundance
Filmmaker Rashad Frett won an award for Best Directing at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the film “Ricky,” which is based in Hartford.
Posted inImmigration
CT officials say ICE is active at Bradley International Airport
CT officials acknowledged the presence of federal ICE agents at Bradley Airport but had no details about the agency’s long-range plans.
Posted inGovernment
After delays, CT finalizes $53M in federal disaster relief for farmers
Eligible CT farmers will soon get to apply for a portion of disaster relief from a federal grant for smaller farming states.
Posted inPolitics
Larson, Bronin waging an ad war in waning weeks before primary
As the fight for the Democratic nomination for the 1st District enters its final weeks, John Larson and Luke Bronin are waging an ad war.
Posted inHealth
Lamont pledges to extend ACA subsidies. His gubernatorial challengers are split
Ned Lamont and challenger Josh Elliott would continue ACA subsidies beyond 2027. Ryan Fazio wants to address high healthcare costs first.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont and Elliott clash, politely, in only TV debate before primary
Ned Lamont and his challenger for the Democratic nomination Josh Elliott hewed to familiar messages honed over the past year in the debate.
Posted inPolitics
A state Senate primary could bring major changes to CT education
Sen. Douglas McCrory is facing a three-way primary next month that could have a major impact on K-12 education in Connecticut.
Posted inHuman Services
UConn study highlights CT families’ childcare struggles
More than half of families found childcare expensive. And towns in CT’s northeast corner and lower Fairfield County struggled most for spots.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the first half of the year
June marked the sixth month in a row that CT’s unemployment rate rose. It now stands a full percentage point higher than the national rate.
Posted inHuman Services
Workers at CT children psych facility raise concerns about safety, outcomes
Union leadership said 66 of the roughly 300 workers at the Solnit South facility are now recovering from injuries.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a very expensive collision!
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.
Posted inPolitics
John Droney Jr., prominent Democrat and lawyer, dead at 79
John F. Droney Jr., a Democratic state chairman under Gov. William O’Neill and a strategist for Joseph I. Lieberman, died Sunday.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
The story behind rows of unmarked stones at New Haven cemetery
Roughly 2,200 people are buried at Blake Street Cemetery, many in graves marked only with numbers. Researchers want to tell their stories.
Posted inGovernment
Himes calls Trump’s election speech ‘easily disprovable lies’
Trump bemoaned vulnerabilities in the country’s election infrastructure but didn’t provide evidence of interference or election tampering.
