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  • 1 week ago | ctpublic.org | Chris Polansky

    Published June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM EDT Former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke before a crowd at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford Tuesday evening. President Obama’s appearance at The Bushnell came amid political unrest across the country and outrage over unlawful detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

  • 2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Chris Polansky

    Published June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM EDT Top Connecticut elected officials on Tuesday reacted to the Trump administration’s move to send National Guard troops and active-duty Marines to California in response to anti-ICE protests there. “I said in the first week of this administration that the president has declared war on the American people. I meant it figuratively then,” Attorney General William Tong said at an afternoon press conference.

  • 3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Chris Polansky

    Published June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM EDT First, it was the Hartford Civic Center. Then, it was christened the XL Center. Now, the downtown Hartford multi-use arena has yet another new name: PeoplesBank Arena. At a Monday press event held on the arena floor, dignitaries and executives feted the purchase of the naming rights by Massachusetts-based PeoplesBank. Bank CEO Tom Senecal said the decision was spurred on by a rising Hartford.

  • 4 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Chris Polansky |John Henry Smith |JOhn Smith

    Connecticut Public Radio | By Chris Polansky, Published May 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT Connecticut politicians current and former continue to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s Wednesday pardon of twice-convicted former Gov. John Rowland. Mike Lawlor is a former Democratic state lawmaker, who served on an impeachment committee during Rowland’s first corruption scandal in 2004. He said Rowland had left an “indelible stain” on Connecticut.

  • 1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Chris Polansky

    SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.

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