Patrick Skahill
Digital EditorPatrick Skahill is a reporter and digital editor at Connecticut Public. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of Connecticut Public Radio's The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. He can be reached by phone at 860-275-7297 or by email: pskahill@ctpublic.org.
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A team of Connecticut researchers recently found scorpion tail-stingers – once thought sterile – are actually covered in bacteria, some of which appear new to science. -
Connecticut's COVID-19 positivity rate on Thursday was 9.03%. State officials report 511 people hospitalized, a decrease of 89 people over the last seven days.
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Nearly 80,000 vehicles in Connecticut have classic plates. And alongside Chevys and Fords, there are plenty of 90s-era automobiles on the list.
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A fire heavily damaged the University of Connecticut’s Whitney House Friday morning. No injuries were reported.
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Williams’ family members honored the lawmaker with a special procession from his home in Middletown to the state Capitol. A hearse carrying Williams paused at the Capitol complex for three minutes, in honor of the three terms Williams was elected to serve.
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With dwindling options for how to deal with trash in-state, we hear from Waste Dive lead editor Cole Rosengren, and the recycling director for one Mass. city where food scrap collection is a mainstay. Plus, Alaina Wood, known as "The Garbage Queen," takes your questions.
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Seven medical marijuana operators will expand their businesses to include the new market for adults 21 and over, and they opened for adult-use customers Tuesday.
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The state's first retail recreational cannabis sales are scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 10.
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Middletown residents gathered Friday, Jan. 6, on Middletown’s South Green to honor the life of Quentin Williams, a 39-year-old state representative known as “Q.”
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State Rep. Quentin Williams was killed early Thursday morning after his car was hit by a wrong-way driver, just hours after he was sworn in to his third term.
