Eric Aasen
Executive EditorEric Aasen is executive editor at Connecticut Public, the statewide NPR and PBS service. He leads the local newsroom, including editors, reporters, producers and newscasters, and oversees all local news, including radio, digital and television platforms. Eric joined Connecticut Public in 2022 from KERA, the NPR/PBS member station in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he served as managing editor, helping lead a team of 35 people in the country’s fifth largest media market. He's directed coverage of several breaking news events and edited and shaped a variety of award-winning broadcast and digital stories. In 2015, Eric was part of a KERA team that won a national Online Journalism Award. In 2017, KERA earned a station-record eight regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Overall Excellence. Eric joined KERA in 2013 after 11 years as a reporter at The Dallas Morning News. A Minnesota native, Eric has wanted to be a journalist since he was in the third grade. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from DePauw University in Indiana, where he earned a political science degree.
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The New York Times gives New Haven a shoutout as “a home to tinkerers and rebels, and a treasure trove of contemporary art and architecture.” -
Lynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe, is the first Native American to serve as U.S. treasurer. She said her appointment is a commitment to having Native voices heard at the highest levels of government.
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One of the most closely watched Congressional races in Connecticut was the 5th District. "I had to work twice as hard and really fight to hold this seat," Jahana Hayes said.
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High-temperature records were broken in Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and across the Northeast.
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The 10-year-old boy was hospitalized; officials say his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.
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More details have emerged regarding what happened the night two Bristol police officers were shot and killed and a colleague was injured in what officials have described as an ambush.
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Hotaling said being an independent means he’s not beholden to the Republican or Democratic parties.
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Attorneys and family members are demanding transparency from New Haven police after a 36-year-old man was potentially paralyzed in the back of a police van.
