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 former New Britain mayor, a Republican, says she’s running for governor because Connecticut is “too far left.” -
Mayor Justin Elicker said the honor is no reason to stop working to make New Haven even more inclusive and equitable. -
The nonprofit aims to distribute 40,000 holiday meals in the next week. -
Bobby Sanchez said becoming mayor of his hometown felt “surreal.” -
More than 360,000 Connecticut residents are going without their usual food assistance payments amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. -
Municipal leaders across Connecticut are getting the word out about ways to find food and ways to support food aid organizations. -
The head of Connecticut Foodshare calls the potential end of SNAP payments a “catastrophe.” -
The state of Connecticut is joining with dozens of states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over Saturday’s scheduled stoppage of SNAP food benefits. -
The Trump administration has dismissed criticism of the East Wing’s destruction as “manufactured outrage” from “unhinged leftists.” -
Connecticut Senate GOP Leader Stephen Harding calls Anwar’s actions “disgusting” and “hateful.”
