A bill from Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont could sweeten the deal for schools looking to install solar panels. Lamont visited a Branford elementary school to tout his proposal.
An estimated 60,000 UConn fans descended on downtown Hartford on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the UConn Huskies as they celebrated their National Championship win.
Health professionals say climate change is hurting public health in Connecticut. The bill would direct the state to be more aggressive in requiring the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy investments.
David Jon Walker is the eye behind the fabrics, printings and typography of the New Haven Museum’s newest exhibit on slavery in New Haven and Yale. He shares how his experience as a Yale student and his long African-American history lineage informed his work.
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require state health insurance plans to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) for single people and same-sex couples.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) hosted the inaugural Creating Community Summit in New Haven as part of his campaign against loneliness, which he has touted as a public health crisis for over a year.
Members of Connecticut’s legislative transportation committee entered a heated debate recently over whether undocumented immigrants in the state should have special marking on their driver’s licenses that could be used to indicate their immigration status.
Monsignor Robert Weiss — a priest in Newtown, Connecticut — was honored on the floor of the U.S. Congress after his retirement last month. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) acknowledged Weiss for consoling the Newtown community after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six educators.
Sea Change, See Change is an art exhibit that brings awareness to the health of the oceans and is on display now at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with local artist Matt Wood, about how art can capture feelings about climate change.
The exhibit, which is free to all visitors and hosted by Yale University at the New Haven Museum, explores how slavery and resistance to it have shaped both Yale and New Haven.
A previously contaminated forest — at the site of the former Remington Arms factory between Bridgeport and Stratford, which has been closed for decades — could open to the public by 2025. Environmental advocates are pushing for the space to open as a protected forest for the benefit of the community.