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Forest Swaciak/iStockphoto / Getty ImagesSnow acts like a blanket protect ticks from New England's cold winters. -
Ayannah Brown/Connecticut PublicAides that provide medical care are required to have dementia training, but that requirement doesn’t apply to homemaker companion agency workers. Part of a state bill would change that.
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Steven “Stevie” Jones was 55 years old. The Greater Hartford branch of the NAACP weighed in on Jones’ shooting, the second police shooting of a Black man in acute mental distress in less than two weeks in the capital city. -
The CBIA calls the Stanley Black & Decker plant closure in New Britain “disappointing” and urges policy reforms to help Connecticut retain and grow manufacturing jobs. -
Dumping snow into waterways is usually prohibited. Salt, sand and other debris in snow can have a negative impact on water quality, blocking drains, increasing the risk of localized flooding and harming fish. -
Bob Florence turned his skill as a chemist into becoming one of the few small-batch soy sauce makers in the U.S. -
As Connecticut’s housing crisis worsens, state lawmakers are reviewing a housing rent cap bill proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont. It would prevent landlords from raising rent more than 5% for the first year. -
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is celebrating Mexican and Mexican American culture through an exhibition highlighting its puppetry scene from its indigenous roots to present day. -
Plow drivers will clear highways and roads across the state over the next several days. -
Travel is difficult across the state with blowing snow reducing visibility, the National Weather Service said. Thousands of customers are without power. -
Legislation is being introduced in Congress and in the Connecticut General Assembly. -
In Connecticut, where 8% of the population is Puerto Rican, Afro-Caribbean folk traditions found a home following the rise of the Loíza Festival in New Haven in the 1970s.
