Rachel Iacovone
Puerto Rican Communities ReporterRachel Iacovone (ee-AH-koh-VOAN-ay) is a proud puertorriqueña, who joined Connecticut Public to report on her community in the Constitution State. Her work is in collaboration with Somos CT, a Connecticut Public initiative to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities, and with GFR in Puerto Rico.
A Florida native, Rachel began her public radio career covering politics in the fraught state — from Gov. Ron DeSantis' first gubernatorial run to labor rights issues in the farmworking town, Immokalee, for WGCU Public Media. She then headed to Tennessee in 2019, as first a host and later editor and director at Nashville Public Radio, where she spent six years covering everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to racial justice protests in a city that once hosted some of the first lunch counter sit-ins to deadly tornadoes, the Christmas Day bombing and the Covenant School shooting.
Before all that, she was a food writer in college and never really left that lens behind. She's excited to eat her way through the Connecticut food scene, so please, send recs (and serious story pitches) to her anytime here: riacovone@ctpublic.org.
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The additional funds from the legislative session will, in part, close the projected $13 million budget gap New Haven Public Schools was facing at the end of the fiscal year. -
“An Arcane Inheritance," weaves dark academia with occult secrets at a fictional Ivy League school based in Hartford. -
Los representantes estadounidenses John Larson, Rosa DeLauro y Joe Courtney están presionando para obtener respuestas sobre por qué la administración Trump ha retirado fondos federales para reforzar las viviendas en la isla con sistemas de energía solar. -
U.S. Reps. John Larson, Rosa DeLauro and Joe Courtney are pushing for answers as to why the Trump administration has clawed back federal funds to bolster homes on the island with solar power systems.
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La dueña venezolana de Malby Artisan Bread en New Haven encuentra inspiración en su país de origen y en su esposa, originaria de República Dominicana. -
The Venezuelan owner of Malby Artisan Bread in New Haven pulls inspiration from her country of origin and from her wife, who is from the Dominican Republic.
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On International Workers’ Day, demonstrations for better education, healthcare and rent control took place in Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Waterbury and Willimantic. -
Las celebraciones se extienden desde junio hasta septiembre, con énfasis tanto en la educación cultural como en la diversión. -
Dolores Huerta, activista chicana de derechos civiles, hablará en la cumbre de líderes latinas en CTLa vigésima tercera edición del simposio Latinas In Leadership se celebrará en el Connecticut Convention Center con mujeres de diversas industrias. -
The celebrations, running from June through September, focus on cultural education as much as fun.
