Chris Polansky
General Assignment/Breaking News ReporterChris Polansky joined Connecticut Public in March 2023 as a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in Hartford. Previously, he’s worked at Utah Public Radio in Logan, Utah, as a general assignment reporter; Lehigh Valley Public Media in Bethlehem, Pa., as an anchor and producer for All Things Considered; and at Public Radio Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., where he both reported and hosted Morning Edition.
His work has also appeared on WNYC’s Gothamist, NPR.org, and NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts. In 2020, Chris, Carter Moore and Dani Hayes jointly won the Utah SPJ award for best continuing coverage (radio) for their Utah Public Radio reporting on the disappearance and murder of Lizzy Shelley and the
trial of suspect Alexander Whipple.
Chris is a graduate of Hunter College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, both at the City University of New York. He’s a New Jersey native and perpetually disappointed Mets fan who enjoys loading up his van for hiking and camping trips with his dog, Trout Fishing in America. He plays replacement-level third base in various wood bat baseball leagues. He’s also a proud alumnus of Bike & Build, an affordable housing nonprofit with which he’s bicycled coast-to-coast twice: from Portland, Maine, to Santa Barbara (2014), and from Nags Head, North Carolina, to San Diego (2016).
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The park association has begun its season of guided hikes and trail clean-ups. -
The workers are trying to convince Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders to add more funding for them in the state’s biennial budget, expected to come up for a vote before Wednesday.
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SEIU 1199 caregivers vow to continue the work stoppage until state leaders meet demands for a budget that provides for higher wages and improved benefits.
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Care providers at six agencies set to take to picket lines Wednesday morning, demanding higher wages and better benefits.
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While advocates call for the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration to be lowered, lawmakers who support the change acknowledged it may not have the support needed to pass the General Assembly this legislative session.
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The strike is scheduled to begin Wednesday, May 24, at six agencies around the state.
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A $3 million investment is meant to tackle the teacher shortage by recruiting high school students interested in education careers and reducing barriers to entry.
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A bill to implement early voting in Connecticut is working its way through the General Assembly, but a dollar amount to pay for it is still being negotiated.
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Connecticut officials say a toxicology report shows state Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams was intoxicated when he was hit and killed by a wrong-way drunk driver in January.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said his office and lawmakers from both parties have found significant common ground in negotiations.
