East Windsor town officials want to know why the future of their casino project is being shoehorned into sports betting legislation.

In March 2020, Connecticut and the nation went into lockdown as the coronavirus began to spread. A year later, the state is commemorating sad milestones from those early pandemic days.

Affordable housing is the subject of a number of bills before Connecticut lawmakers. But what do we really mean when we talk about “affordable housing”?

A new federal report released last week shows U.S. bald eagle populations quadrupling over the course of a decade. It’s an encouraging sign of growth for one of America’s most iconic animals, which comes as eagle populations in Connecticut also reached record-setting levels last year.

What we eat -- and where -- has changed for many of us over the past year. Some people are getting more takeout, while others are spending a lot more time at home, cooking both elaborate and simple meals. The New York Times reported that cookbook sales increased by 127% from 2019 to 2020. “I have just loved seeing how many people are really engaging with cooking in a new way because they’re working from home,” said Irene Li, who is co-owner of Mei Mei in Boston, a restaurant pre-pandemic that

Predictably, it’s already been suggested that the recent mass shooting in Colorado was more an issue of mental health than anything else. Kathy Flaherty of the Connecticut Legal Rights Project says that kind of thinking tends to be both a mistake and harmful to people with psychiatric disabilities. She spoke about this on Connecticut Public Radio’s All Things Considered .

The Hartford has rejected Chubb's $23 billion acquisition bid. Insurance industry expert Frederick McKinney of Quinnipiac University spoke to Connecticut Public Radio's All Things Considered about why he thinks the company made this decision, and whether the saga is really over. Editors note: In an earlier version of this story, we incorrectly characterized The Hartford CEO Chris Swift’s remarks as a specific comment on the decision not to accept Chubb’s offer. In actuality, Mr. Swift made those

After the killings of eight people in Atlanta, including six Asian women, Caroline H. Lee wrote a commentary for WBUR’s blog Cognoscenti, responding directly to news reports that said it was “unclear” whether the killings were motivated by racism. Her commentary is titled, “ Call The Shootings In Atlanta What They Were: Targeted Violence Against Asian American Women .” Lee, a student at Harvard Medical School, wrote that some reports have ignored the reality that “racism and the sexual violence

With the recent spate of warm weather, everything seems to be popping out of the ground. I'm excited about my snow drops, crocus and early tulips, but I also love some of the wild, native bulbs that will be blooming soon. One that really captures my attention is corydalis.

It’s been exactly one year since 63-year-old Lucia Romero was laid off from her maintenance job. “It was exactly on March 23 last year that I was laid off,” Romero said in Spanish. “I was employed for 33 years with a maintenance company.”