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Just hours after announcing a Friday visit by U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to one of its elementary schools, Fairfield Public Schools told families the event was canceled due to community backlash.
Fairfield Public Schools announces, then abruptly cancels, school visit by Linda McMahon
The visit was part of a tour involving right-wing political groups.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Just hours after announcing a Friday visit by U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to one of its elementary schools, Fairfield Public Schools told families the event was canceled due to community backlash.
Gov. Ned Lamont has pitched a plan to spend over $18 million more of the state's emergency response fund that was designed to counter funding cuts and delays from the Trump administration.
CT governor pledges $18M more against federal cuts, plans to extend emergency fund
“The emergency is not over, and we still have a three alarm fire, and every day there's more incoming,” Gov. Lamont said.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Gov. Ned Lamont has pitched a plan to spend over $18 million more of the state's emergency response fund that was designed to counter funding cuts and delays from the Trump administration.
Just hours after announcing a Friday visit by U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to one of its elementary schools, Fairfield Public Schools told families the event was canceled due to community backlash.
Fairfield Public Schools announces, then abruptly cancels, school visit by Linda McMahon
The visit was part of a tour involving right-wing political groups.
www.ctpublic.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Just hours after announcing a Friday visit by U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to one of its elementary schools, Fairfield Public Schools told families the event was canceled due to community backlash.
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A MASSIVE thank you to Danyel Fulton (Ida B. Wells) and Rachel Sussman (creative producer) for coming on The Wheelhouse on @ctpublic.bsky.social to talk about Shaina Taub’s Tony award-winning musical “Suffs”, which is now playing at @thebushnell.bsky.social in Hartford. Break a leg, ladies!
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
A MASSIVE thank you to Danyel Fulton (Ida B. Wells) and Rachel Sussman (creative producer) for coming on The Wheelhouse on @ctpublic.bsky.social to talk about Shaina Taub’s Tony award-winning musical “Suffs”, which is now playing at @thebushnell.bsky.social in Hartford. Break a leg, ladies!
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✨ PBS Kids
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Good vibes, real talk, and new connections. Celebrate Palentine’s Day with Connecticut Public and the launch of our new VLOG!
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January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Any #Connecticut folks out here?
We're looking for:
✨ Young people (including the young at heart)
✨ PBS Kids
✨ Budget Baddies
✨ ~and more!
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We're looking for:
✨ Young people (including the young at heart)
✨ PBS Kids
✨ Budget Baddies
✨ ~and more!
If you're on #NutmegSky, let us know in the comments where you're from so we can land on the right feeds! 🤩 www.eventbrite.com/e/young-peop...
Connecticut Water Company is reviewing enrollment in one of its low-income assistance programs after learning it misinterpreted a new law and prematurely dropped an unknown number of households.
Connecticut Water drops low-income households from assistance program in regulatory mix-up
Participation has plummeted since July 2025, when Connecticut Water prematurely began requiring customers to document their income more frequently.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Connecticut Water Company is reviewing enrollment in one of its low-income assistance programs after learning it misinterpreted a new law and prematurely dropped an unknown number of households.
Of the 14% of patients in a Connecticut Emergency departments in 2024 who required in-patient care, nearly 40% remained in the ED for more than four hours after admission. Connecticut is looking to change that.
CT launches country's first public dashboard to track and fix emergency room overcrowding
Of the 14% of patients in a Connecticut ED in 2024 who required in-patient care, nearly 40% remained in the ED for more than four hours after admission.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Of the 14% of patients in a Connecticut Emergency departments in 2024 who required in-patient care, nearly 40% remained in the ED for more than four hours after admission. Connecticut is looking to change that.
Snow accumulations of up to 20 inches are expected in parts of Connecticut with rapidly falling snow and low visilbility making for hazardous driving conditions Sunday.
Winter storm dumps snow across CT, motorists advised to avoid roads
Snow accumulations of up to 20 inches are expected in parts of Connecticut with rapidly falling snow and low visilbility making for hazardous driving conditions Sunday.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Snow accumulations of up to 20 inches are expected in parts of Connecticut with rapidly falling snow and low visilbility making for hazardous driving conditions Sunday.
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Around 12,000 flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country and threatened to knock out power for days and snarl major roadways with dangerous ice. https://to.pbs.org/4k04Tqy
Over 11,000 flights canceled as massive winter storm bears down across the U.S.
More than 11,000 flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Around 12,000 flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country and threatened to knock out power for days and snarl major roadways with dangerous ice. https://to.pbs.org/4k04Tqy
Are you a young person living in Connecticut? Are you also constantly asking yourself, “WHAT is going on?!”
Let’s figure it out together. The Connecticut Public social media team is launching a new vlog, Young People Hate The Radio, and we want you at the launch party to help us celebrate!
Let’s figure it out together. The Connecticut Public social media team is launching a new vlog, Young People Hate The Radio, and we want you at the launch party to help us celebrate!
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Are you a young person living in Connecticut? Are you also constantly asking yourself, “WHAT is going on?!”
Let’s figure it out together. The Connecticut Public social media team is launching a new vlog, Young People Hate The Radio, and we want you at the launch party to help us celebrate!
Let’s figure it out together. The Connecticut Public social media team is launching a new vlog, Young People Hate The Radio, and we want you at the launch party to help us celebrate!
The James Beard Award semifinalists were announced this week, and a half-dozen chefs and establishments across Connecticut are up for the prestigious culinary award this year.
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Learn more below:
Here are the CT chefs and restaurants up for James Beard Awards
Half a dozen Connecticut chefs and eateries are representing the state in this year’s James Beard Awards semifinals.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The James Beard Award semifinalists were announced this week, and a half-dozen chefs and establishments across Connecticut are up for the prestigious culinary award this year.
Learn more below:
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Anti-ICE demonstrators plan to gather in four towns and cities across Connecticut on Friday afternoon, in solidarity with Minnesotans participating in a general strike there following weeks of harsh tactics by immigration officials.
CT anti-ICE demonstrators to gather in solidarity with Minnesota
The rallies are planned for Bridgeport, New Haven, Willimantic and Hartford.
www.ctpublic.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Anti-ICE demonstrators plan to gather in four towns and cities across Connecticut on Friday afternoon, in solidarity with Minnesotans participating in a general strike there following weeks of harsh tactics by immigration officials.
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"To walk into a building that has a depiction of the burning of a Pequot village, and to stand here on this stage in this moment with a Pequot elected to the office of state representative, it’s historic and monumental."
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Larry Pemberton Jr. becomes first Native American elected to CT General Assembly
“You are making history,” one House leader told Pemberton.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"To walk into a building that has a depiction of the burning of a Pequot village, and to stand here on this stage in this moment with a Pequot elected to the office of state representative, it’s historic and monumental."
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@ctpublic.bsky.social's Colin McEnroe Show where I joined pop culture roundtable The Nose to talk about movies & TV shows & the larger cultural context they exist in. Favorites included 'Sorry, Baby' 'I'm Still Here' 'Superman' & most of all Academy Award-winning Palestinian doc 'No Other Land.'
The Nose looks at ‘Mr. Scorsese’ and ‘No Other Land’
This hour, our pop culture roundtable, The Nose, looks at the new five-part documentary ‘Mr. Scorsese’ and this year’s Best Documentary Feature Oscar winner, ‘No Other Land.’
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January 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
@ctpublic.bsky.social's Colin McEnroe Show where I joined pop culture roundtable The Nose to talk about movies & TV shows & the larger cultural context they exist in. Favorites included 'Sorry, Baby' 'I'm Still Here' 'Superman' & most of all Academy Award-winning Palestinian doc 'No Other Land.'
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JUST ANNOUNCED: The Moth Mainstage returns to New Haven on Sept 24th! Experience true stories live as they're recorded for future episodes of The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED: The Moth Mainstage returns to New Haven on Sept 24th! Experience true stories live as they're recorded for future episodes of The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour.
🎟️: found.ee/moth924nhv [On sale Fri at 10AM]
In association with @ctpublic.bsky.social
🎟️: found.ee/moth924nhv [On sale Fri at 10AM]
In association with @ctpublic.bsky.social
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has begun its season of winter wildlife cruises, with seals and migratory birds the primary viewing targets.
This month, CT Public joined about a dozen ticketed passengers and the crew of the R/V Sound Explorer for a trip around the Norwalk Islands.
This month, CT Public joined about a dozen ticketed passengers and the crew of the R/V Sound Explorer for a trip around the Norwalk Islands.
Maritime Aquarium's winter wildlife tours get cruisegoers' 'seal' of approval
Seals and migratory birds are the stars of the show on Long Island Sound.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has begun its season of winter wildlife cruises, with seals and migratory birds the primary viewing targets.
This month, CT Public joined about a dozen ticketed passengers and the crew of the R/V Sound Explorer for a trip around the Norwalk Islands.
This month, CT Public joined about a dozen ticketed passengers and the crew of the R/V Sound Explorer for a trip around the Norwalk Islands.
Former Norwich Mayor Peter Nystrom is seeking to join the city's retirement system, allowing him to supplement his existing state pension. If the request is granted, he would be eligible to immediately begin receiving benefits after making a one-time payment into the municipal retirement system.
Ex-Norwich mayor sought pension buyback weeks before leaving office
If the request is granted, Peter Nystrom would be eligible to immediately begin receiving pension benefits after making a one-time payment into the municipal retirement system.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Former Norwich Mayor Peter Nystrom is seeking to join the city's retirement system, allowing him to supplement his existing state pension. If the request is granted, he would be eligible to immediately begin receiving benefits after making a one-time payment into the municipal retirement system.
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“Our inspector general not only has the authority, but he has the obligation to investigate every law enforcement related death, and that includes state and also federal officials.”
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What if an ICE shooting happened in Connecticut? A legal expert explains
As federal authorities take charge of a deadly ICE shooting investigation in Minnesota, a Connecticut legal expert explains why the state wouldn’t be powerless.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“Our inspector general not only has the authority, but he has the obligation to investigate every law enforcement related death, and that includes state and also federal officials.”
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“ICE reminds us of the Ku Klux Klan,” said Rev. Boise Kimber, the Connecticut-based president of the National Baptist Convention USA, about agents covering their face. NBCUSA is calling for a national ban on coverings for law enforcement, like California’s.
‘ICE reminds us of the Ku Klux Klan,’ says CT-based president of Black Baptist denomination
The National Baptist Convention USA is calling for a nationwide ban on facial coverings for law enforcement, including immigration officials.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“ICE reminds us of the Ku Klux Klan,” said Rev. Boise Kimber, the Connecticut-based president of the National Baptist Convention USA, about agents covering their face. NBCUSA is calling for a national ban on coverings for law enforcement, like California’s.
Five years. Countless voices. One inviting conversation about who we are and where we’re headed. Join Connecticut Public and the team behind DISRUPTED for a special five-year anniversary live recording and celebration. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-5-year-a...
January 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Five years. Countless voices. One inviting conversation about who we are and where we’re headed. Join Connecticut Public and the team behind DISRUPTED for a special five-year anniversary live recording and celebration. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-5-year-a...
Connecticut’s 211 emergency assistance hotline is being inundated with calls. The state recently allocated an additional $2 and a half million dollars to bring on more hotline staff to help answer the influx of calls.
CT increases 211 emergency hotline funding to address increase in demand
Connecticut’s 211 emergency assistance hotline is being inundated with calls. The state recently allocated an additional $2 and a half million dollars to bring on more hotline staff to help answer the...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Connecticut’s 211 emergency assistance hotline is being inundated with calls. The state recently allocated an additional $2 and a half million dollars to bring on more hotline staff to help answer the influx of calls.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
One of the many perks of watching @ctpublic.bsky.social on a random night. #supportpublicmedia
Trinity Academy in Hartford is partnering with the Connecticut Invention Convention to promote early STEM learning among Latino and other students of color. bit.ly/4pMvVTG
A ‘Shark Tank’-style workshop is helping CT elementary students of color become young inventors
Trinity Academy is partnering with the Connecticut Invention Convention to promote early STEM learning among Latino and other students of color.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Trinity Academy in Hartford is partnering with the Connecticut Invention Convention to promote early STEM learning among Latino and other students of color. bit.ly/4pMvVTG
Hartford has scaled back a pioneering initiative that sends social workers instead of police to certain 911 calls.
Hartford scales back alternative 911 response program as funding runs short
City officials lauded the program as a major success since it began in 2022, saying it helps to reduce the potential for violent encounters between law enforcement and those in emotional distress.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hartford has scaled back a pioneering initiative that sends social workers instead of police to certain 911 calls.