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  • 1 week ago | wtnh.com | Jason A. Levy |Mike Cerulli

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A new exit lane at Tweed-New Haven Airport aims to reduce traffic congestion for travelers and the airport’s neighbors alike. The opening of a second exit at the intersection of Dean Street and Burr Street came as the result of community input, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker (D) and airport officials said.

  • 1 week ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli

    HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Eight candidates are vying to be Hamden’s next mayor as the town confronts skyrocketing property taxes and years of fiscal challenges. The issue of Hamden’s finances is expected to take center stage in the race for mayor. Over the course of decades, the town has incurred significant pension liabilities and other debts — with per capita obligations among the highest of any municipality in the state.

  • 1 week ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli

    HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Thousands of demonstrators from across the state gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol on Saturday as a part of the nationwide “No Kings Day” protests. Demonstrators gathered to share their disdain for the Trump administration’s campaigns of deportations, deployments of military personnel in Los Angeles and more.

  • 2 weeks ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli

    BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — A pandemic-era program intended to help schools address concerns about indoor air quality will live on as a permanent feature of the state’s wide-ranging school construction funding system. Efforts to improve indoor air quality in schools has been a longstanding priority for local leaders, with many noting the negative effects of aging ventilation systems servicing school buildings constructed in the mid or late 20th century.

  • 2 weeks ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli

    HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford city leaders are looking to a cutting-edge artificial intelligence tool to help tackle the challenge of potholes and other road defects. “Since I’ve been mayor, I have, almost from the get-go, gotten complaints from residents about conditions of roads,” Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said at a press conference on Thursday.

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