According to state statistics from 2024, 3,410 people were experiencing homelessness in Connecticut. That’s up 13% from numbers recorded in January 2023. What are we doing to address homelessness in our state? In studio, we meet State Representative Kadeem Roberts from Norwalk, who serves as the co-chair of the End Homelessness Caucus, to find out…
Mainstream media jumped on a NASA report pretty quickly, creating havoc for Americans regarding the ‘city-killer’ asteroid. How likely is it that this massive space rock will hit Earth by the year 2032? We asked our science guru, David Mestre. Image Credit: Getty Images
The expanded sick time law in Connecticut could be having a severe impact on employees for public school districts. The legislation in effect this year requires Connecticut companies with at least 25 employees to give staff up to 40 hours of paid sick time. But how is this impacting school districts? We asked Bethel Public…
February was a rough month for the airline industry, filled with high-profile crashes and other incidents involving aircraft. We had a deadly mid-air collision in DC, a deadly medical jet crash in Philadelphia, a plane that flipped and crashed in Toronto, and just this week, a near miss in Chicago between a plane and private…
Kidney cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, and a therapeutic vaccine shows promising results, offering new hope for those suffering with the disease. Dr. David Braun, a medical oncologist and researcher at Yale Cancer Center is here – he was the principal investigator on the kidney cancer vaccine study that published in the medical…
Starting this weekend, you may see more police cruisers popping up in rural towns. That’s because a new DOT rural roads safety campaign is rolling out, aimed at cracking down on speeding and reducing crashes on rural roads across the state. Connecticut State Police Trooper Remonda Zhuta explained the need for this initiative which will…
There’s a swearing-in ceremony today for Senator-elect Jason Perillo. Rep. Perillo won a special election Tuesday and will now represent the 21st District in the Senate – which covers Shelton, Monroe, Stratford and Seymour. IMAGE CREDIT: Eric Urbanowicz
How do you feel about school lockdowns in our public schools? A bipartisan working group approved a list of 17 recommendations on school crisis response drills this week. We got more details on those recommendations from State Representative Jennifer Leeper, who helped start this working group. Image Credit: Getty Images
The Girl Scouts are fighting back after a report of toxins in their famous cookies put them in the hot seat nationwide. Is there any truth to the study exposed by Moms Across America? We spoke to Kari Kaplan, COO of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. For more on the initial study: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/12/girl-scout-cookies-toxic/ Image Credit: Getty…
It’s being called a game-changer for tracking water quality and better decision-making to protect Long Island Sound. Save the Sound unveiled a new tool called quickdrops. Peter Linderoth, director of healthy waters and lands at Save the Sound explained what quickdrops are and why they could be so effective for the Sound. For more information on…