An estimated 5,600 of Connecticut's 31,000 early care and education workers don't have health insurance, according to a recent study by Access Health CT.

Kane is also a researcher at the Education Scorecard, a partnership between Harvard University and Stanford University, which revealed East Hartford’s district has done better than similar districts at combating reading declines among students. The findings come as the district struggles with many of the same issues other similar districts face across the state, including relative lack of funding, and high poverty rates among students.

This hour, The Nose looks at Olivia Wilde’s relationship comedy ‘The Invite’ and the Hartford-set boxing movie ‘The Featherweight.’

A mother-daughter duo is putting on their 4th annual festival called PerúFest on Saturday, July 25 ahead of Peruvian Independence Day.

A $3,000 TV, a Walmart return, and a future soccer superstar! A Connecticut camp remembers alum Rodrigo "Rodri" Hernández before he plays in Sunday's World Cup final.

New campaign finance reports continue to show Luke Bronin and John Larson as the top fundraisers in Connecticut's first Congressional District Democratic primary.

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes is the only member of Connecticut's House delegation to vote for an amendment that would have cut off more aid to Israel.

The protest outside the federal building on Church St. was organized by Unidad Latina in Accion (ULA), a nonprofit which protects and informs immigrant families in New Haven.

David Hopkins, President of the Urban League of Greater Hartford, emphasized that although the Urban League is not known for health initiatives, health is one of the five pillars of the organization.The league believes the pillars which also include, education, employment, housing, and social justice, make a community economically strong.

The pest control company Orkin compiled a list of the 50 cities in the U.S. in which the company did the most bed bug treatments. Hartford ranked number 26, ahead of larger cities like San Diego, Miami and Seattle.

State Sen. Matt Lesser, a Democrat who championed legislation advancing the concept, said he’s optimistic the state will file eventually file a petition seeking federal approval.

Connecticut climbed to 23rd in CNBC's Top States for Business rankings. We asked the man behind the study what the state is doing right—and where it's falling behind.