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Mark Mirko/Connecticut PublicAccording to data from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Canada is Connecticut’s largest export partner and Mexico is third largest. -
The Huneebee Project in Connecticut trains teenagers to be beekeepers. Connecticut Public's newest Mini Doc details how the teens learn skills to take to other jobs and work through hardship and trauma amid the therapeutic setting of a beehive.
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Residents packed the room Tuesday night at a summit hosted by the North Hartford Public Safety Coalition, which has released a new report based on community input into the search. -
Recent federal threats to Medicaid in a budget proposal from U.S. Congressional Republicans could mean the state might have to use more of its own funds to close gaps left by federal cuts, leaving less state funding for health care expansion to undocumented residents. -
Protesters joined with clergy members Monday in a growing escalation against the airline, which has so far not signaled it will cease the flights. -
Bikers rode to Hartford City Hall to speak out against a measure that could result in new restrictions on bike lanes in exchange for more parking. -
The flights, happening across much of New England, will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize geological maps in the region. -
The Prospector Theater in Ridgefield, which has a staff mostly made up of people with disabilities, is pushing back against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for comments he made regarding people with autism. -
Dozens of organizations and nearly 200 corps members have been affected statewide. -
“These people have not [legally] lost their right to vote, but because of logistical barriers, they have in fact lost their right to vote,” the state’s top elections official said. -
Manizha Naziry is one of several resettled Afghan refugees who is now learning to sew as part of a program run by several volunteers. -
Tunnel construction began in 2016. The project was initially expected to come online in 2023 at a cost of $279 million. Costs have grown to $335 million and the tunnel is not anticipated to be operational until fall 2026.
