Connecticut’s police accountability law turns a year old on July 31. A provision of that law calls on police departments to at least consider having social workers accompany police or respond exclusively on assistance calls in which mental health may be more of an issue than criminality. One place that’s taking up this provision is Willimantic, where the police department has partnered with Eastern Connecticut State University on a pilot program that places undergrad social work student interns

Connecticut has experienced several air quality alerts in the past few weeks as summer heats up, and more could be on the way as the hot weather continues. “The lung association and most organizations kind of track two pollutants in the air, and the one that we pay a lot of attention to right now is ozone,” said Ruth Canovi, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association in Connecticut.

Prior to the pandemic, Bridgeport resident Hernandez was the sole breadwinner for this then-family of three. Hernandez, who asked to be identified only by his last name, was a full-time driver for the rideshare company Uber. But that was cut short as soon as COVID-19 started to spread through the state. When Hernandez found out his wife was pregnant, he made the difficult decision to stop working.

Twenty-three cities and towns across Connecticut will receive state funding for brownfield remediation. For the city of Ansonia, it’s step two in a long process to bring more industry, jobs and, ultimately, taxpayers to the city. On a rainy day in a year ago, state Rep. Kara Rochelle of Derby and Ansonia stood beside Gov. Ned Lamont outside a blighted factory on Ansonia’s North Main Street. There were more masks then, physical distancing and furrowed brows. A year prior, a carpet padding

In the wake of a New Britain marathon runner being struck and killed by a teenager driving a stolen vehicle, state lawmakers met July 7 to discuss what to do about car thefts by young people statewide. House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora (R-North Branford) says the situation is a “crisis” and unsuccessfully asked for a special session on the issue. Candelora joined All Things Considered to talk about whether the basis for the use of the word crisis stems from data or the outcry over the

In less than a year, an incinerator in Hartford that takes in roughly half a million tons of garbage annually is scheduled to close. But as the shutdown grows closer, there’s less and less agreement about where all that trash will go.

Everyone is interested in growing gardens to support pollinators and butterflies. One of the stars of many pollinator garden is the milkweed. Monarch butterflies have an exclusive relationship with milkweed as a food source, so having this plant in your landscape with help them and many pollinators.

In 2019, the U.S. Department of the Interior grounded all of the Chinese-made drones it had deployed for tasks that included tracking wildfires, monitoring dams and managing wildlife. The move came amid growing concerns that using Chinese technology might create an opportunity for foreign surveillance of infrastructure and other key assets.

Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont allowed the state eviction moratorium to expire -- despite the White House extending the federal moratorium until July 31.

On a clear morning in early June, cotton sacks filled with shucked scallops hit the scale at Gambardella’s dockside warehouse in Stonington, Connecticut. They’re being offloaded from the Furious, a scallop boat just back from a 12-day trip.