Eddy Martinez
General Assignment | Breaking News ReporterEddy Martinez is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for Connecticut Public, focusing on Fairfield County.
He was previously a reporter in Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley for Hearst Connecticut Media. His written work has appeared internationally in the Asahi Shimbun, and at national outlets such as Columbia Journalism Review and Smithsonian Magazine.
Tips and comments can be sent to emartinez@ctpublic.org.
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Osmanu says there are at least 900 DSA members in Connecticut. He says they’re small in number, but that’s not stopping them from celebrating their electoral victories. They picked up an extra councilman-at-large seat in Hamden, and won reelection in New London and New Britain as four DSA members won council seats within their municipalities. -
Members of the Berlin Equity Action Team, are lobbying to have several Black residents who fought and died in the Civil War, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. -
The longest federal shutdown in American history could soon be over temporarily, providing some relief for Connecticut food pantries that are struggling to meet demand without government funding. -
Voters in Stratford elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in nearly a decade. Many said they’re ready for a change as others defended Mayor Laura Hoydick, the Republican incumbent. -
Bridgeport’s city council passed a largely symbolic resolution Monday prohibiting municipal staff from cooperating with federal deportation efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. -
Eugene “Gino” DiGiovanni, who ran as a Republican in Derby’s mayoral race in 2023 amid revelations he participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is now running for the Derby town clerk position. -
Some Fairfield County residents will be casting ballots that may have an impact on everything from the direction their communities take, to who represents them. They will also weigh in on specific questions surrounding civil service reform, and whether they should bother issuing public notices to local newspapers. -
Members of the Jamaican-American community in Connecticut are anxiously awaiting to hear from their loved ones in the island nation after the strongest hurricane in over 100 years made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction. -
Figuring out how a bill becomes law, how state and local government functions in Connecticut, or how to run for political office might not be the most exciting task for many.But according to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, it doesn’t have to be boring. -
Special education students in the state’s largest city lost out on services due to apparent staffing shortages, advocates say.
