State News

David Hopkins, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Hartford, gave an example of why American history without Black history is incomplete: Frederick Douglass.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an initiative to accelerate lead service line replacement in parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The National Weather Service said wind chills in Litchfield County could drop to as low as 25 to 30 degrees below zero. Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties could see wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero.

Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have the lowest rate of long COVID – less than 23% of people who had COVID reported having long COVID.

As states like Florida continue to avoid teaching children about the historical impact of people of color, Connecticut began requiring that every school district offer high school students a Black and Latino Studies course.

Over 40 groups are asking Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to create a stronger environmental justice law in the state.

Vinyl sales have been on the rise for 17 straight years, breathing new life into Connecticut record stores.

Connecticut’s U.S. senators are reintroducing a federal ban on assault weapons in an effort to curb mass shootings.

After skipping a community meeting in Hartford on Jan. 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met with community members and is inspecting the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC).

An exhibit at the Mandell Jewish Community Center in West Hartford takes a closer look at Sidonia Perlstein’s life through her dresses.