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Activists trying to open Connecticut’s municipal beaches to non-residents have been caught for years in a game of rock-paper-scissors.

In this excerpt from WBEZ's Curious City podcast, we follow the story of one woman who arrived in Chicago from Venezuela last fall.

El Paso has scrambled to move migrants off the streets and into shelters as temperatures plummet below freezing, but federal law dictates which migrants can stay inside city facilities.

Conditions are improving across Connecticut after the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped torrential rain over a handful of hours Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Only parts of Eastern Connecticut remain under a flood watch. But the damage has been done.

An NPR team follows Omar Vivó as he sets off from Colombia for the U.S., traversing part of the Darién Gap, where the dangers include raging rivers, snakes and criminals who prey on migrants.

Voters across Connecticut will go to the polls Nov. 8 to cast ballots in a number of races, including one that will decide Connecticut’s next governor and others that could impact control of Congress.

The results are in from the 2022 primary election in Connecticut, and at least one race delivered a surprise.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said Tuesday she is resigning on June 30th, six months before the end of her third term and at a critical time for election officials, to spend more time with her ailing husband.

Time is almost up for Connecticut students ages 12 to 15 to get fully vaccinated before school starts. Vast disparities of student vaccinations exist...

Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including last month’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson that eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, have curtailed federal authority on issues from women’s health to environmental protection and vaccine requirements. State policies on those and other issues could soon vary widely around the country, turning “social capital issues” into bargaining chips for each state in their attempts to woo businesses and create economic opportunities for their residents.