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Connecticut Public is the only public media service in Connecticut that is supported by the community. We are affiliated with national public media organizations PBS and NPR. Our parent company operates three television stations: Connecticut Public Television (CPTV), CPTV Spirit, and PBS Kids 24/7, as well as Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR). Every month, we reach around one million people through our television, radio, and online platforms.

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Five years of Audacious: Where are they now?

1 day ago | ctpublic.org | Megan Fitzgerald |Robyn Doyon-Aitken |Chion Wolf

By Jessica Severin de Martinez, Megan Fitzgerald, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Chion Wolf Published June 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM EDT To celebrate five years of Audacious, we reconnect with a few unforgettable guests. Ari Cobb, now 13, reflects on how his relationship with stuttering has evolved since we first met him at age 8. Toby Dorr shares how the death of her former partner, whom she once broke out of prison, reshaped her purpose.
Navigating some of the thorny questions of estate planning

1 day ago | ctpublic.org | Sally Herships |Wailin Wong

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.
A single mother of eight in Gaza is running out of ways to cope

1 day ago | ctpublic.org | Aya Batrawy

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.
The future of government-funded research at universities

1 day ago | ctpublic.org | Erika Beras

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.
‘Cloud Warriors’ author warns fed cutbacks could hurt CT's prep for extreme weather

2 days ago | ctpublic.org | John Henry Smith |JOhn Smith

Published June 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM EDT In a significant policy shift, the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will authorize the National Weather Service (NWS) to hire over 100 new staff members, with an aim to "stabilize operations" at field offices nationwide. The decision follows months of criticism over the elimination of nearly 600 positions earlier this year, which had sparked concerns about the agency's ability to issue timely and accurate forecasts.
Extreme heat can impact physical and mental health: Here's how to prepare

2 days ago | ctpublic.org | Tess Terrible |Catherine Shen

By Tess Terrible, Published June 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT Dave Wurtzel / Connecticut PublicFILE: Hartford Fire Department cadet Nick Thompson passes out water to people in Barnard Park, September 7, 2023 during a heat wave. Experts say Connecticut's annual average temperature has increased incrementally every decade since 1895.
A new health advisory calls on AI developers to protect young people

2 days ago | ctpublic.org | Rhitu Chatterjee

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.
Here’s your guide to Pride: 20+ LGBTQ celebrations across Connecticut

2 days ago | ctpublic.org | Rachel Iacovone

Pride Month has only just begun, but Connecticut has gotten an early start — with celebrations in Bethel, Wethersfield, Ridgefield and Easton by the end of the first day. Though two of the largest Pride events — in Hartford and New Haven — won’t happen until September, there are dozens of events across the state aligning with the international month of observance. For the first time this year, The Health Collective is organizing Hartford Pride. Kay Muñoz is their director of community engagement.
Hand-crafted bookcases are filling prisons. They’re made in CT by formerly incarcerated workers

3 days ago | ctpublic.org | Kevin J Barnum

At a workshop in Hamden, Michael Byrd and James Flynn are standing at their stations, smoothing thin slabs of wood with sandpaper. It’s the first step in building a bookcase. Their work is part of Freedom Reads, a Connecticut-based nonprofit that delivers hand-crafted bookcases full of new books to prisons across the country. Building these bookcases is personal for Byrd and Flynn — both craftsmen have served time in prison. “I’m doing a lot of things that I never thought I could do,” Byrd said.
CT Senate sends new biennial budget to Lamont’s desk

3 days ago | ctpublic.org | Keith Phaneuf

The Connecticut Senate gave final approval late Tuesday to a biennial budget that prioritizes children, dramatically scales back a pledged boost to health care providers who treat the poor and relies on accounting maneuvers to comply with the constitutional spending cap. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 25-11 along party lines to adopt the $55.8 billion two-year budget, which now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont for his expected signature.