/tags/latest-news Latest News en-US Copyright Fri, 09 May 2025 21:31:45 GMT /news/2025-05-09/ridgefields-prospector-theater-pushes-back-against-rfks-controversial-autism-comments The Prospector Theater, in Ridgefield, which has a staff mostly made up of people with disabilities, is pushing back against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), for comments he made regarding people with autism. Fri, 09 May 2025 21:31:45 GMT /news/2025-05-09/ridgefields-prospector-theater-pushes-back-against-rfks-controversial-autism-comments Eddy Martinez /news/investigative/2025-05-09/hartford-may-hit-the-brakes-on-bike-lanes-cyclists-are-in-uproar The Hartford City Council is weighing a proposal to rethink existing bike lanes in the city, and consider restricting them to provide space for more parking. Fri, 09 May 2025 20:29:27 GMT /news/investigative/2025-05-09/hartford-may-hit-the-brakes-on-bike-lanes-cyclists-are-in-uproar Maysoon Khan /news/2025-05-09/really-tough-americorps-cuts-hit-connecticut-nonprofits-volunteers Dozens of organizations and nearly 200 corps members have been affected statewide. Fri, 09 May 2025 19:11:45 GMT /news/2025-05-09/really-tough-americorps-cuts-hit-connecticut-nonprofits-volunteers Chris Polansky /news/2025-05-09/connecticut-public-health-juthani-dph ���ǻ���’s top public health official says she’s working daily to weather a storm of federal funding cuts and plummeting levels of trust in science messaging. Fri, 09 May 2025 19:11:43 GMT /news/2025-05-09/connecticut-public-health-juthani-dph Sujata Srinivasan /news/2025-05-09/hartford-church-shooting-funeral “This was not an attack on the church in any way,” Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said. “This was … an argument inside, that turned physical, that turned into a melee.” Fri, 09 May 2025 17:21:32 GMT /news/2025-05-09/hartford-church-shooting-funeral Staff Report /news/2025-05-09/ct-renters-calling-for-expanded-eviction-protections-make-final-legislative-push ���ǻ��� renters are making a final push to urge state lawmakers to expand the just cause eviction law to include any person whose lived for at least a year in a building with five or more units. Fri, 09 May 2025 16:31:12 GMT /news/2025-05-09/ct-renters-calling-for-expanded-eviction-protections-make-final-legislative-push Abigail Brone /news/2025-05-09/emails-link-deidre-gifford-to-scandal-ohs-commissioner-to-retire One of the highest-ranking officials in Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration was involved in the decision to cancel a 2020 audit that threatened to expose how a ���ǻ��� eye doctor with powerful political connections had billed the state’s Medicaid program for procedures she never performed, documents show. Fri, 09 May 2025 14:39:30 GMT /news/2025-05-09/emails-link-deidre-gifford-to-scandal-ohs-commissioner-to-retire Andrew Brown and Dave Altimari / CT Mirror /news/2025-05-08/nobel-winning-economist-warns-trumps-tariff-tactics-could-spur-economic-pain Longtime Yale economist Robert Shiller sees difficult economic times ahead and draws parallels between today’s global trade uncertainty and the 1930s lead-up to World War II. Fri, 09 May 2025 00:40:41 GMT /news/2025-05-08/nobel-winning-economist-warns-trumps-tariff-tactics-could-spur-economic-pain John Henry Smith /news/2025-05-08/ct-leaders-praise-new-pope-leo-xiv Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday. Thu, 08 May 2025 19:18:25 GMT /news/2025-05-08/ct-leaders-praise-new-pope-leo-xiv Staff Report /news/2025-05-08/robert-prevost-first-american-pope-in-history-of-the-catholic-church-will-take-the-name-leo-xiv In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, the 69-year-old Leo said, “Peace be with you.” Thu, 08 May 2025 17:37:12 GMT /news/2025-05-08/robert-prevost-first-american-pope-in-history-of-the-catholic-church-will-take-the-name-leo-xiv The Associated Press