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What To Do With Old Mattresses
Published:
Feb 22, 2012
  Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra says used mattresses are expensive for cities like his to dispose of and that they are a burden on their streetscapes.  Now, as WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, Segarra wants the state to force manufacturers to play a bigger role in what happens when mattresses are no longer wanted.   The mayor is pushing a senate bill that would establish a mattress stewardship program. Paid for by manufacturers, the program would fund both collection and recycling of use... read more
Amy Loves Yah, Creative Commons
Where We Live: Jackson Labs and Personalized Medicine
Published:
Feb 16, 2012
The idea of personalized medicine was a driving force behind the Human Genome Project. Now Connecticut might be in the driver’s seat. Governor Malloy recently sealed the deal that will give Jackson Laboratories $291 million to build their new genomic research facility on the University of Co... read more
City Facing Ten Percent Budget Deficit Next Year
Published:
Feb 14, 2012
  In April, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra will present next year's budget to city council.  As WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, he's got a pretty big hole to fill between now and then.   The city's current budget is about $547 million, and it's running just a slight deficit.     But... read more
Where We Live: Housing And The Achievement Gap
Published:
Feb 14, 2012
  Education is the focus of state and national policy as we try to find ways to close the “achievement gap.” Among the many ideas being tr... read more
The Nose: Live From New Haven With Emily Bazelon, Jack Hitt And Mark Oppenheimer
Published:
Feb 10, 2012
We're in New Haven today, borrowing the Faith Middleton studio to do the Nose with a stellar Elm City lineup of Emily Bazelon from Slate, Jack Hitt... read more
Larson, Lieberman Want Feds To Change Course On Coverage For Contraception
Published:
Feb 9, 2012
  As national Republicans continue to hammer President Obama over a decision concerning birth control, Connecticut's congressional delegation is split on the issue.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.   The Obama administration recently released a new rule based on the recommendations of an i... read more
State Wants To Restrict Medicaid Eligibility For Low-Income Adults
Published:
Feb 8, 2012
  Governor Dannel Malloy's mid-term budget adjustments make some notable changes to the way the state pays for healthcare.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.   In 2010, the state started a temporary program to provide health benefits to some uninsured, low-income residents. But now the state... read more
Where We Live: Improv Everywhere
Published:
Feb 8, 2012
The songwriter Paul Simon once said: Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. Improvisation is one of the key parts of musical expression.... read more
Gov. Malloy's State Of The State Address - 2012
Published:
Feb 8, 2012
A year ago, Dannel Malloy's job fell into the general categories of triage and emergency medicine. The state's fiances were broken. He had to get t... read more
Colin McEnroe Show: Should Religion Be Politicized?
Published:
Feb 7, 2012
Sooner or later in every American political cycle, religion rears its head. The debate over Barack Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright is still f... read more
Obama Healthcare Rule Mandates Coverage For Contraception, Angers Catholics
Published:
Feb 7, 2012
  Ever since the Obama administration announced its decision to compel religiously affiliated employers to include contraception as a health benefit for employees, the reactions have been fierce.     Now, as WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, the growing controversy has reached Connecticut.... read more
Where We Live: The Urban Metabolism
Published:
Jan 31, 2012
Having a “high metabolism” is seen as a positive for humans...what about cities? The idea of “urban metabolism” comes from a new book by Austin... read more
Market at Hartford 21 Owes Vendors Cash
Published:
Jan 27, 2012
  The Market at Hartford 21 was open for just six months in downtown Hartford. And as WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, the failed grocery store still owes money to vendors -- and the city.   Stuart Woronecki owns Stonewall Apiary in Hanover.  Last year, he delivered honey, creamed honey, an... read more
The Nose: How To Know When To Stop Talking
Published:
Jan 27, 2012
I was appalled by the now famous taco comment by East Haven mayor Joe Maturo. The mayor had two jobs to do when the story broke last Tuesday about... read more
Where We Live: A Look At Homelessness
Published:
Jan 25, 2012
Last week, the National Alliance to End Homeless released an annual report that said homeless is down slightly, but the number of people who are do... read more
Working To Slow Teen Births In Hartford
Published:
Jan 24, 2012
  Teen birth rates are on the decline nationwide.  But as part of a collaboration with the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, WNPR's Jeff C... read more
Colin McEnroe Show: Are Corporations Buying Elections?
Published:
Jan 24, 2012
The lead story in today's New York Times is the second donation, by one married couple, to a Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich. Miriam Adelson gav... read more
Malloy Wants To Develop Greater Hartford, Wean Venues Off State Aid
Published:
Jan 23, 2012
  It's been more than a decade since another governor tried to remake the state's capital city with more than a billion dollars of investment.  As WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, now Governor Dannel Malloy wants to leave a mark, too.    Former Governor John Rowland tried to build downtown... read more
Colin McEnroe Show: SOPA & PIPA: A Guide To Internet Censorship
Published:
Jan 19, 2012
It's hard to keep an even keel about the debate over the two Internet anti-piracy laws known as SOPA and PIPA. Yesterday's spectacle, if it rev... read more
Colin McEnroe Show: An Argument To Self Publish
Published:
Jan 18, 2012
It seems oddly fitting that today we're doing a show about performers and writers who, rather than seek the approval of publishers and entertainmen... read more
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February - 2012

January - 2012

Where We Live: The Urban Metabolism
01/31/2012
The Nose: How To Know When To Stop Talking
01/27/2012
Market at Hartford 21 Owes Vendors Cash
01/27/2012
Where We Live: A Look At Homelessness
01/25/2012
Working To Slow Teen Births In Hartford
01/24/2012
Colin McEnroe Show: Are Corporations Buying Elections?
01/24/2012
Malloy Wants To Develop Greater Hartford, Wean Venues Off State Aid
01/23/2012
Colin McEnroe Show: SOPA & PIPA: A Guide To Internet Censorship
01/19/2012
Where We Live: Hartford Restaurants Making The Grade
01/18/2012
Segarra Appoints Five To Board Of Education, Including Himself
01/18/2012
Where We Live: Ranking Metro Areas
01/18/2012
Colin McEnroe Show: An Argument To Self Publish
01/18/2012
Where We Live: A Liberal Arts Education
01/17/2012
Colin McEnroe Show: Inside Gov. Malloy's Two-Storm Panel
01/17/2012
The Nose: 2012 Politicking, Destructive Yoga & Endorsements!
01/13/2012
Where We Live: Trust in Black America
01/13/2012
Lawsuit Alleges State Doesn't Process Medicaid Applications Fast Enough
01/11/2012
Malloy: NHL Could Come To Hartford. And Lightning Could Strike, Too.
01/11/2012
In Perez Appeal, Is One Trial Fair For Two Crimes?
01/10/2012
Two Storm Panel Finishes Its Work
01/09/2012
State Agency Wants Power Generator Phased Out
01/06/2012
Where We Live: Checking In On Hartford's Brand
01/06/2012
Hartford's Segarra Sworn In, Wooden Chosen As Council President
01/03/2012
As State Designs New Health Care Guidelines, Advocates Push For Consumer Voice
01/02/2012

December - 2011

Where We Live: A Year of Wacky Weather
12/30/2011
Where We Live: Redistricting Update
12/30/2011
In Pursuit Of Electronic Health Records
12/26/2011
The Nose: Defriending On Facebook, North Korean Chic & Beliefs
12/23/2011
City: Recent Copper Thefts Cost $45,000
12/22/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Political Endorsements, Ambition And Portraits
12/22/2011
Where We Live: Taxing Inequality
12/22/2011
Where We Live: Connecticut Economy
12/20/2011
Hartford Police Chief Search Could Take Longer Than Planned
12/19/2011
Judge: Hartford Wrongly Told Jewish Organization To Cease And Desist
12/16/2011
Working Families Party Celebrates 2011, Looks To 2012
12/16/2011
Where We Live: School Arrests
12/16/2011
Malloy Names New Chief of Staff
12/15/2011
State Health Care Advocate On Where We Live
12/14/2011
Where We Live: Health Care Advocate Victoria Veltri
12/14/2011
Is Hartford's Public Safety Complex Safe?
12/13/2011
Getting On The List
12/12/2011
Still No Consensus On Hartford Council President
12/09/2011
Senate 2012: Bysiewicz Talks Politics, Policies
12/08/2011
Where We Live: Environmental Priorities
12/08/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Sea Tea Improv & 'Funny Times'
12/06/2011
Segarra Clears Occupy Hartford Site
12/06/2011
Malloy Investigating State Employees Who May Have Committed Fraud
12/05/2011
Perez Wins Money From City While His Appeal Continues
12/02/2011
Where We Live: The 21st Century Wadsworth
12/02/2011
Report Finds CL&P Unprepared To Deal With October Outages
12/02/2011
The Market At Hartford 21? Still Closed.
12/01/2011
Redistricting Means Change For Hartford
12/01/2011

November - 2011

CT Mirror: Lawmakers To Ask Supreme Court For More Time For Redistricting
11/30/2011
Where We Live: The Superintendent's Plan
11/29/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Risks And Rituals Of Tailgating
11/29/2011
Where We Live: The Unreliable Eyewitness
11/22/2011
NHL Hockey In XL Center? Consultant Report Says It's Unlikely
11/22/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Cold War Connecticut & JFK: 'Elusive Hero'
11/22/2011
Busway Gets Federal Funding, Construction To Begin In Spring
11/21/2011
Where We Live: Preparing For Future Storms
11/21/2011
Where We Live: #Occupy's Day Of Action
11/18/2011
Protest Briefly Closes Interstate On Ramp
11/17/2011
Where We Live: Small Business Breakfast - Young Entrepreneurs
11/16/2011
First The Storm, Now The Woodchips
11/16/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Occupy Hartford Discusses Future; While Protesters Are Forced From Zuccotti Park
11/15/2011
Supreme Court To Decide Case On Federal Healthcare Reform
11/15/2011
Two Storm Panel May Rethink How Utilities Pay For Infrastructure Costs
11/15/2011
Where We Live: Poverty in the Suburbs
11/15/2011
Where We Live: Returning Home
11/11/2011
Hartford Searches For New Police Chief
11/10/2011
Where We Live: On Deadline
11/09/2011
Day 10 Without Power, And Local Officials Aren't Happy
11/07/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Would Town-Controlled Power Grids Get The Lights On Faster?
11/07/2011
Where We Live: West Hartford Center
11/07/2011
Hartford To Vote For Mayor And Council
11/04/2011
Where We Live: Still In The Dark
11/04/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: After The Storm, Connecticut Slowest To Restore Power
11/03/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Walking With Wallace Stevens
11/03/2011
After Storms, Middletown Arboretum Takes A Hit
11/03/2011
Where We Live: A Banking Roundtable
11/03/2011
Open Hearth Sells Wood, Warms Homes
11/02/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: As Frustration Mounts, Will October's Storm Change State Policy?
11/02/2011

October - 2011

The October Snowstorm For The Record Books
10/31/2011
Main Page For Leaving Prison: A WNPR Series
10/28/2011
Leaving Prison: A WNPR Series
10/27/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Poster Boy Subverts Advertising, One Slice At A Time
10/27/2011
Leaving Prison: A WNPR Series
10/26/2011
Leaving Prison: A WNPR Series
10/26/2011
Where We Live: Special Session Roundtable
10/25/2011
Debate Continues Over Jackson Laboratory Project
10/25/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Vanishing Urban Republican Candidate
10/24/2011
Democrats Fight, Smaller Parties Seek To Gain
10/24/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Rise (And Possible Fall) Of Political Lawn Signs
10/24/2011
Malloy Releases Bipartisan Agenda On Jobs
10/20/2011
Where We Live: Examining Environmental Regulations
10/19/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Why Police Chiefs Don't Have As Much Power As You'd Think
10/19/2011
CT Mirror: Ubiquity of 'Pinktober' Evokes Strong Responses
10/18/2011
Malloy Talks Jobs In North Hartford
10/17/2011
Where We Live: Jobs and the Economy
10/17/2011
Where We Live: Christina Kishimoto
10/14/2011
The Nose: Tracking Changes In Newspapers And Occupy Wall Street
10/14/2011
Where We Live: Deb Heinrich
10/13/2011
Where We Live: What The Fribble?!
10/12/2011
City Treasurer, Mayor Reach Agreement On Personnel Issue
10/12/2011
Mental Health Advocates Stress Screening
10/07/2011
Where We Live: #Occupying Spreads to Connecticut
10/06/2011
The Bully Pulpit Of Public Office
10/06/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Hartford & The Cricket Hall Of Fame
10/04/2011
Hartford's Star Shuttle Spared
10/03/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: DNA Policy, Eyewitness Panels & The Future Of Connecticut's State Crime Lab
10/03/2011

September - 2011

Segarra, Cloud: Working To Avoid Appearance Of Conflict Of Interest
09/27/2011
Where We Live: Leading Hartford For 25 Years
09/26/2011
Hartford Police Chief To Retire
09/23/2011
Hartford Public Schools, CPBN Enter Educational Partnership
09/21/2011
State To Review Two-Plate Policy For Top Elected Officials
09/21/2011
Advocates Say Backlog of Rape Kits Exists Nationwide
09/21/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Shame Of College Sports
09/20/2011
New Downtown Grocery Store Closes
09/20/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Nappier's Traffic Stop
09/19/2011
Legislators Hold Hearing On Tropical Storm Irene
09/19/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: 'Color Me Obsessed' ... Not Crazy
09/15/2011
Where We Live: Small Business Breakfast at the CT Science Center
09/14/2011
Segarra Claims Primary Victory In Hartford
09/14/2011
Police To Open Small Substation Downtown
09/14/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Horsepower Behind Hartford
09/13/2011
Hartford Chief: Officers Did Their Job, Nappier Didn't Do Anything Wrong
09/12/2011
Vargas Primaries Segarra In Hartford Mayoral Race
09/09/2011
Nappier Stopped, But Police and Prosecutors Say She Did Nothing Wrong
09/08/2011
Anthem Proposes Rate Increase For Individuals
09/07/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Catching Up With Governor Malloy
09/07/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Disaster Preparedness Part II
09/06/2011
Where We Live: Dr. Steve Perry's Education Revolution
09/06/2011
The Nose: Politicking Post-Irene; Cheney's New Memoir & Obama's Bungle
09/02/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Stories Of Disruption And Innovation Post-Irene
09/01/2011

August - 2011

Flooding In Glastonbury, Wrong Time Of Year
08/31/2011
The Lights Are On In Jewett City
08/30/2011
When It's Time To Read Your Insurance Policy And Call Your Insurer
08/29/2011
Where We Live: After Irene
08/29/2011
Malloy: Some Could Get Power Back Sooner, Others Later
08/29/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Searching For Proof Of Religion
08/29/2011
The Nose: Are Natural Disasters A Sign We've Annoyed God?
08/26/2011
A Few Ideas That Might Help You Through the Weekend
08/25/2011
Malloy Appoints New DOT Commissioner
08/25/2011
State Could End Hartford's Star Shuttle
08/23/2011
Where We Live: The Independent Voter
08/22/2011
Prison Workers Say Closings Lead To Overcrowding, State Says Otherwise
08/22/2011
Barnes: Assuming Legislature Approves Deal, Most Layoff Notices Can Be Ignored
08/19/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Scary, Scary Internet Regulations
08/18/2011
State Unions, Malloy Celebrate Passage of Concessions Deal
08/18/2011
Clean Air Advocates Say Burning Trash Causes Health Problems In Hartford
08/17/2011
Where We Live: Rebranding The "Rising Star"
08/17/2011
Hartford Police Chief's Contract Set To Expire, Segarra Reviewing The Situation
08/15/2011
As Postal Service Considers Closings, Politicians React
08/12/2011
Where We Live: Connecticut Civil War History Tour
08/10/2011
AFSCME Video Pushes For A "Yes" Vote On Concessions
08/10/2011
Where We Live: Increases in the Income Tax
08/08/2011
Study: Hartford Is A Housing Bargain For Those Who Don't Live There
08/03/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Secret Lives Of Truckers
08/03/2011
State Lowers Rates For Its Pre-Existing Conditions Health Plan
08/03/2011
Morning Edition: Podunk Bluegrass Festival
08/03/2011

July - 2011

Where We Live: Roundtable On The Looming Debt Crisis
07/29/2011
The Nose: How Would You Market Hartford?
07/29/2011
Republicans, Democrats Agree Changes In Debt Policies Needed
07/29/2011
Morning Edition: A Piece of Hartford in Space
07/27/2011
Rethinking, And Rebranding, Hartford
07/27/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: A Mountain Lion's Unlikely Cross-Country Journey
07/27/2011
DSS commissioner trying to push back a tidal wave of paper
07/27/2011
Jepsen Says Facebook Addresses His Privacy Concerns
07/26/2011
Ethiopian Boy Shares Life With Photographer, On Display at Real Art Ways
07/26/2011
Where We Vote: William Tong
07/26/2011
Malloy Wants Quick Revote
07/25/2011
Morning Edition: New Report on Domestic Violence
07/22/2011
Morning Edition: Budget Cuts Threaten Public Defenders
07/21/2011
Segarra Wins Democratic Nomination
07/21/2011
Malloy Says Some Unions May Sue, But The Law Is On His Side
07/21/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Uncertain Fate Of Connecticut's Ferries
07/20/2011
Union Leaders Call For Do-Over; Others Call Foul
07/19/2011
Morning Edition: Cautious Support For McConnell Plan
07/18/2011
Where We Live: Big City Violence
07/14/2011
Where We Live: The Education Takeover
07/13/2011
Morning Edition: Debt Negotiations Continues Impasse
07/13/2011
From Plaza Mayor To Raised Garden Beds
07/13/2011
Where We Live: Men At Work, With Added Stress
07/12/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Be Kind; Share The Road With Bikers!
07/12/2011
Segarra Doesn't Get A Labor Endorsement
07/11/2011
Where We Live: Olmsted's Legacy
07/08/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Where Is It 'OK' To Be Gay?
07/07/2011
Where We Live: Roundtable On Shared Sacrifice
07/01/2011
Morning Edition: Senate Spends The 4th At the Capitol
07/01/2011

June - 2011

Wooden Once Criticized Segarra, Now Supports Him
06/30/2011
Morning Edition: Special Session Looming
06/30/2011
WWL@HPL: A Conversation with Hartford's State Legislators
06/29/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Gov. Malloy Readies For Budget Armageddon
06/29/2011
Where We Live: The Role Of The Informant
06/28/2011
Morning Edition: Unions Struggle For Resolution
06/28/2011
Adamowski Leaving, But When?
06/28/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Do 'Trigger Funds' Make Elections More Fair?
06/27/2011
Labor Leaders Respond
06/24/2011
Malloy Says 7,500 Layoffs Coming Soon
06/24/2011
Kozby World Fashions
06/21/2011
Governor Malloy's Approval Rating Remains Low
06/15/2011
Sam Chauncey
06/15/2011
Where We Live: Putting Connecticut Back On The Map
06/14/2011
A Report Card On Ending Chronic Homelessness By 2015
06/14/2011
State Begins Tourism Ad Campaign
06/13/2011
Where We Live: Remembering Bob Hohler
06/10/2011
Hartford Businessman, FBI Operative Takes The Stand
06/09/2011
From Hartford Businessman To FBI Operative
06/09/2011
Governor Malloy Wraps Up His First Session
06/09/2011
Where We Live: Wrapping Up The Session
06/09/2011
Fred Calabretta
06/08/2011
Patricia Kelly
06/08/2011
Malloy Expected to Sign Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
06/08/2011
Nancy Naples
06/07/2011
Morning Edition: Cutting The Deficit, Interactively
06/07/2011
Where We Live: Roundtable On Restructing, Consolidating, Rebuilding
06/03/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Is 'Movie Magic' Dying?
06/02/2011
Will This Be the Year Connecticut Legalizes Medical Marijuana?
06/02/2011
Tom Herrala
06/01/2011
Phll Steele on Bob Steele
06/01/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: 'Sex Trafficking Of Americans'
06/01/2011

May - 2011

Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Prisoners To Earn Credit For Early Release
05/31/2011
Butch Lewis
05/31/2011
Where We Live: Transportation and Jobs
05/26/2011
Morning Edition: Libya Involvement Raises Questions in War Powers Act
05/26/2011
Hartford Proposes Grades For Restaurant Health Inspections
05/26/2011
Segarra Wants New Fraud Policy
05/24/2011
Where We Live: Preserving The Character Of Connecticut
05/24/2011
Joe Hoke
05/24/2011
More On The State Budget
05/20/2011
Unions For Prison Workers Take Aim At State
05/19/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Reactions To Obama's Commencement Speech And Connecticut Unions' Concessions
05/18/2011
Carrie Saxon Perry
05/18/2011
Details Of Malloy's Deal With State Employees
05/17/2011
Charles Vendetti
05/17/2011
No Credit? No Problem.
05/16/2011
In-State Tuition Bill Approved in Connecticut House, Now Moves to Senate
05/13/2011
Where We Live: Roundtable On Budget, Bills, Bargaining
05/13/2011
Faith Middleton's Politics, Burgers & Beer: Today's Burgers Brought To You By A Different Plan B Entirely
05/12/2011
Legal Opinion Says Segarra Didn’t Violate Ethics Code
05/11/2011
Kate Swift
05/11/2011
Where We Live: Attorney General George Jepsen
05/11/2011
Brad Davis
05/10/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Growing Fish & How To Not Eat Sushi Like An Idiot
05/10/2011
Malloy Says Talks With State Employees Continue, Gives Few Specifics
05/09/2011
Jerry Kristafer
05/04/2011
Where We Live: Bridgeport Small Business Breakfast
05/04/2011
Arnold Dean
05/04/2011
Hartford Schools Ad Campaign Angers Sheff Plaintiffs
05/03/2011
State Budget Vote Close
05/02/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death
05/02/2011

April - 2011

Where We Live: Reporters on Health Care Reform
04/29/2011
Public Notices Bill Dies In Committee
04/28/2011
Where We Live: The Art Of Negotiation
04/27/2011
City Schools Tell Parents Not To "Gamble" With State Wait List
04/27/2011
Illegal Immigrant Allowed to Stay in the U.S
04/26/2011
Hartford Votes To Take Capitol West Building
04/26/2011
Malloy: Would Work With Legislature If Cuts Are Necessary
04/25/2011
Smartphone App Teaches Teens About Healthy Relationships
04/25/2011
CT NonProfits Week At The Capitol
04/22/2011
Was Perez Working While He Was On Trial?
04/20/2011
Where We Live: Our Growing Cities
04/20/2011
Perez Attorney: Former Mayor Due Sick And Vacation Pay
04/19/2011
Morning Edition: Community Investment Act
04/19/2011
Where We Live: Tax Day
04/18/2011
Segarra Presents Budget
04/18/2011
Segarra: City Will End Year With Money To Spare
04/13/2011
Morning Edition: Shutdown Averted, But Budget Cuts Abound
04/13/2011
Roldan Campaign Hires Perez Confidants, Including Former Chief of Staff
04/12/2011
Mayors and Selectmen Lobby for State Aid as Labor Negotiations Continue
04/12/2011
"The 39 Steps" Entertains and Impresses
04/12/2011
Hartford Schools Present Budget With Some Layoffs
04/11/2011
Segarra Fails To Disclose Spouse's Rental Income On Ethics Filings
04/11/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Poetry, Politics & (Bully) Pulpits
04/11/2011
Meeting On Mattresses
04/08/2011
Where We Live: The Government Shutdown
04/08/2011
Morning Edition: Government Shutdown Looming, Again
04/08/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Good Friends Of The CMS
04/07/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Huskies Are National Champs, But Is Calhoun Likable?
04/05/2011
Morning Edition: New Britain Busway
04/05/2011
Nonprofits Take To The Capitol
04/05/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Telling Hartford's Story
04/04/2011
The Nose: Sources We Can Trust
04/01/2011
Where We Live: Malloy, Cuomo, LePage
04/01/2011

March - 2011

Morning Edition: Rep Mae Flexer on Domestic Violence
03/31/2011
State May Allow For Online Public Notices
03/31/2011
State's Case For Perez's Pension Continues
03/30/2011
Where We Live: Labor, After the Fire
03/28/2011
Colleagues Remember Abraham Giles; Dead At 84
03/28/2011
Perez Gone From Hartford City Hall, But Not Gone From City Politics
03/28/2011
Butt Ugly Building First To Go, Capitol West Possibly Next
03/28/2011
Where We Live: Governor Dannel Malloy
03/25/2011
Morning Edition: StemConn 2011
03/24/2011
So, What Makes A Town "Rural?"
03/24/2011
Colin McEnroe: NYT & The Price Of News
03/24/2011
Municipal Leaders Speak To Legislators About Proposed Budget
03/24/2011
An Interview With Christina Kishimoto, Hartford's Next Schools Chief
03/24/2011
In Hartford, Parents Don't Always Pick Best Schools
03/23/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Building A Connecticut Startup
03/22/2011
Malloy Expects To Get Money For Transportation
03/22/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: The Healing Power Of Music
03/21/2011
Street Newspaper Calls Attention To Hartford's Homeless
03/18/2011
Morning Edition: Nuclear Plants, Leiberman, And Blumenthal's Maiden Speech
03/16/2011
Morning Edition: Marijuana Bills Get Hearing At Capitol
03/15/2011
Closing The Gap - In The Suburbs, Too
03/15/2011
New Market At Hartford 21 Set To Open
03/15/2011
Hartford Mayor Segarra Gives State Of The City
03/14/2011
Where We Live: Tri-State Area Budget Edition
03/11/2011
Faith Middleton's Politics, Burgers & Beer: Wall-To-Wall CT Politics Edition
03/10/2011
Where We Live: King Hearings On Muslim Radicalization
03/10/2011
Where We Live: On The Repeal Of Capital Punishment
03/09/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Potholes Are Unbearable
03/07/2011
Morning Edition: Dodd Takes Hollywood
03/03/2011
Where We Live: Food Stamps Falter in State
03/03/2011
Malloy Is The Anti-Christie
03/01/2011
Where We Live: Looking For Quality Leadership In Education
03/01/2011

February - 2011

Colin McEnroe Show: Do Supreme Court Judges Need A Code Of Ethics?
02/28/2011
Where We Live: Emerging Adults
02/28/2011
Hartford Superintendent Process Continues To Stir Debate
02/24/2011
Board Of Ed Chairman Disappointed In Segarra, Says He’s Considering Next Steps
02/23/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Should Connecticut Change How It Selects Juries?
02/22/2011
Where We Live: Gun Control
02/22/2011
Segarra Calls For National Superintendent Search, Board Of Ed Changes Course
02/22/2011
Morning Edition: Secretary Merrill Talks Special Elections
02/22/2011
Questions Arise About the Filling of the Hartford School Superintendent Job
02/20/2011
Where We Live: The State Of Big Biz
02/18/2011
Morning Edition: Malloy Recaps His Budget Address
02/17/2011
Malloy Presents His Budget
02/16/2011
Where We Live: Budget Day
02/16/2011
Where We Live: Planes, Trains And Transportation Woes
02/15/2011
Segarra Says He's Under Attack From Perez Allies
02/10/2011
Where We Live: The Mayor Of Hartford
02/10/2011
Morning Edition: CT Mirror Washington Report
02/10/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: Should We Reform The Electoral College?
02/09/2011
Front Street In Court
02/08/2011
Segarra: School Bonuses Could Be "Inappropriate"
02/04/2011
Colin McEnroe Show: We've Been Snowverdosed
02/03/2011
Where We Live: Live From The Lyceum, Billings Forge Breaks Through
02/03/2011
State To Create New Criminal Justice Information System
02/02/2011
Will New Jobs Save Connecticut's Budget?
02/01/2011
Morning Edition: DeLauro Fights Cuts
02/01/2011

January - 2011

December - 2010

CT Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal of Hunger Strike Inmate
12/28/2010
Democratic Legislative Leaders Talk State Budget
12/28/2010
Where We Live: Donovan And Williams On New Leadership
12/28/2010
Where We Live: Making Sense Of The Census
12/27/2010
Vacation Week Sanity Savers
12/25/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Actually, Scrooge Is A Really Nice Guy
12/22/2010
Giles Pleads Guilty
12/21/2010
Looking For a Break From Traditional Holiday Festivities?
12/20/2010
Report: Youth Crime Down, But Minority Children Get Harsher Treatment
12/20/2010
Hartford School Choice: Considering Paper Applications
12/17/2010
Where We Live: The Exit Interview
12/16/2010
Where We Live: The Real Diplomacy
12/15/2010
Segarra, Hartford Dealing With Change
12/15/2010
Looking for Something To Do This Weekend?
12/14/2010
State: Four Hartford Magnet Schools Don't Enroll Enough White Students
12/14/2010
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal DOD, VA To Release Records on Military Sexual Assaults
12/13/2010
Rell: Now They Have No Excuse
12/10/2010
Hartford Schools: Searching For A Super
12/09/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: What's The Problem With 'Shock' Art?
12/09/2010
Where We Live: Governor-Elect Dan Malloy
12/09/2010
State And City Educators Discuss Diversity In Education
12/08/2010
State Allocates Stimulus Funding to Strengthen Safety at Daycare Centers
12/07/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: UConn's Bowl Bid & Carnival Tricks Revealed
12/06/2010
Where We Live: The Next Generation of Democracy
12/06/2010
Man Who Spent 17 Years Wrongly Imprisoned On Death Row Speaks
12/03/2010
Where We Live: Budget Chief Ben Barnes
12/02/2010
English For Parents
12/01/2010

November - 2010

October - 2010

Where We Live: A New City Plan
10/29/2010
Judge Won't Immediately Rule In AG Election
10/29/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: Martha Dean
10/28/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: George Jepsen
10/28/2010
Hartford Superintendent Calls For Longer School Days
10/28/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: Steve Fournier
10/28/2010
Concern At And Around Burns School
10/27/2010
Where We Vote: Tom Foley In Final Stretch
10/27/2010
Butt Ugly Building Coming Down, Capitol West Is Next In Line
10/26/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Tom Marsh Actually Talks About Issues
10/26/2010
Where We Live: A Foggy Business Climate
10/26/2010
First Congressional District Candidates Debate
10/25/2010
Morning Edition: CT Capitol Report
10/25/2010
A Sign of the Times
10/22/2010
Hartford Councilwoman Gets Special Form Of Probation
10/21/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Political Ads Give Us All Headaches
10/21/2010
Former Perez Chief Of Staff Working On Hartford Schools-Related Deal
10/20/2010
Hartford City Council Concerned About Student Safety and Gangs
10/19/2010
Where We Vote: "Viagra For Sex Offenders?"
10/19/2010
Hartford Schools Plan For When Superintendent Leaves
10/18/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Coworking - It's About Playing Well With Others
10/18/2010
Hartford Political Legend is Celebrated in a New CPTV Documentary
10/15/2010
Where We Vote: Janet Peckinpaugh vs. Joe Courtney
10/13/2010
Dean and Jepsen Debate for AG
10/12/2010
Segarra Responds To Shootings
10/08/2010
Youth Gangs In The City. But Not In The Schools.
10/07/2010
Hartford Stage Reopens, YPM Takes A Tour
10/06/2010
Hayes Guilty, Penalty Phase Begins In a Few Weeks
10/05/2010
Where We Vote: Blumenthal And McMahon Roundtable Wrap-Up
10/05/2010
Senate Candidates Meet for First Debate
10/04/2010
Perez Files His Appeal
10/04/2010
Perez's New Job
10/01/2010
Where We Live: Money, Power and Politics
10/01/2010
Segarra Celebrates First 100 Days
10/01/2010

September - 2010

Colin McEnroe Show: Get To Know Your Fringe Candidates
09/30/2010
Where We Live: Incivility In Politics
09/30/2010
Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Tourism
09/29/2010
Where We Live: #TweetTheNews
09/29/2010
Spouse Fights To Keep Money From Being Used For Nursing Home Care
09/29/2010
Rell Faces Deficit, One More Time
09/28/2010
Hartford Councilwoman Applies For Special Form Of Probation
09/28/2010
Blumenthal Files To Revoke Perez Pension
09/27/2010
Where We Live: The Interfaith Amigos
09/27/2010
Shirtwaists
09/24/2010
City May Settle Lawsuit With Perez Home Contractor
09/24/2010
Winch May Have To Pay Back State Campaign Funds
09/22/2010
High School Students Create Mob Scene Downtown
09/16/2010
Where We Live: Making Use Of Old Buildings
09/16/2010
Perez Sentenced To Three Years In Prison, Three Years Probation
09/14/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Former Mayor Perez Sentenced; McMahon Closes Q-Poll Gap
09/14/2010
Perez Supporters Speak In Court And React Afterwards
09/14/2010
Where We Live: Is Hartford Turning The Page?
09/14/2010
Hartford Council Begins Not With Prayer, But With Silence
09/13/2010
Perez Scheduled To Be Sentenced Tuesday
09/13/2010
Where We Live: Losing Connectivity
09/10/2010
Winch Says No Muslim Prayer On Monday
09/10/2010
Commission Finds "Reasonable Cause" in Former Fox 61 Reporter's Discrimination Complaint
09/09/2010
Judge Rules For Ritter, Against Green
09/09/2010
Hartford City Council First Wants Muslims To Lead Prayer, But Then Wavers
09/08/2010
AG Wants Clarity From Craigslist
09/07/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Urban Biking
09/07/2010
Legal Fight Over Legislative Primary Continues
09/03/2010
The High Cost Of Congestion
09/03/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: How Web Site Traffic Changes Reporting
09/02/2010
Hartford City Council Selects Winch As New President
09/01/2010
Segarra Farms Out Some Responsibilities To Take On Others
09/01/2010

August - 2010

Reducing Overdose Deaths in Connecticut
08/31/2010
Celebrating the Right to Vote On August 26
08/26/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: The Magic of Elizabeth Park
08/26/2010
Where We Live: A New Study On Teens And Sex
08/20/2010
Where We Live: Addressing Racial Profiling in Hartford
08/20/2010
Howard Dean Speaks At AFL-CIO Conference
08/17/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Should We Pay To Park?
08/16/2010
Segarra Changes City's Course, Withdraws FOI Case
08/13/2010
From Hartford Whalers To Connecticut Whalers?
08/13/2010
Where We Live: Considering Rice
08/13/2010
City Police Officer Accused of Faking Time Cards
08/13/2010
Rally Against "Islamophobia"
08/13/2010
Two Hartford Primary Recounts
08/11/2010
Simmons Loses, But Not Without A Fight
08/11/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: A Post-Primary Wrap Up That Will Blow Your Mind
08/11/2010
Linda McMahon Lays the Smackdown
08/11/2010
Lamont Loses Second Bid For Elective Office In CT
08/10/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Primary-PALOOZA
08/10/2010
In An Upset Victory, Malloy Wins
08/10/2010
The Polls Are Officially Closed On CT Primaries 2010, And One Thing Is Already Clear
08/10/2010
Where We Live: Primary Madness
08/10/2010
Primary Results Are In: Foley Gets the GOP Nod
08/10/2010
Giles Doesn't Get Probation. Case On Track For Trial.
08/10/2010
Fixing Connecticut's Campaign Finance Law
08/06/2010
Do party endorsements matter?
08/06/2010
In Gov's Race, Malloy Creeps Up On Lamont
08/05/2010
McMahon With Momentum
08/04/2010
Third In A Series: Summer Youth Employment
08/04/2010
Where We Vote: Rob Simmons Is Back In The Race
08/03/2010
Democratic Debate: Lamont v Malloy
08/03/2010
Second In A Series: Summer Youth Employment
08/03/2010
Simmons On Where We Live
08/03/2010
Lamont And Malloy Square Off In Final Debate
08/03/2010
Malloy Defends Ads Against Lamont
08/02/2010
First In A Series: Summer Youth Employment
08/02/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: How Personality Influences Politics
08/02/2010

July - 2010

Colin McEnroe Show: Race, Politics And Connecticut
07/29/2010
Where We Vote: Oz Griebel Still In The Running
07/28/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Indie Films And Local Cinema
07/28/2010
Butt Ugly Building On Its Way. Could The Capitol West Building Be Next?
07/27/2010
Where We Vote Archive
07/27/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Political Ads in 2010
07/27/2010
Wyman And Glassman Debate
07/26/2010
Where We Vote: Lt. Governor Debate
07/26/2010
Where We Vote: Lamont Leading Up To Primaries
07/23/2010
Simmons Back In It. Sort of.
07/22/2010
Where We Live: Art And Optical Illusion
07/22/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Parsing Connecticut's Pre-Primary Politics
07/21/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: Tom Foley
07/21/2010
Campaign Finance Rolls To Its Primary End
07/21/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: Oz Griebel
07/21/2010
(I)NTERVIEW: Michael Fedele
07/21/2010
State Supreme Court Rules Against Foley
07/20/2010
Front Street: All Dressed Up And...
07/19/2010
Where We Vote: Foley Takes Lead Into Primary
07/15/2010
Where We Live: Campaign Financing
07/14/2010
Where We Live: Rail, Bike and Car
07/14/2010
DCF Wants Federal Oversight to End, Advocates Say Not So Fast
07/13/2010
Federal Appeals Court Rules On State Campaign Financing Program
07/13/2010
Foley, Fedele, and Campaign Financing In Court
07/12/2010
Where We Vote: Peter Schiff
07/12/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Lowell Weicker - Still 'Nobody's Man But Yours'
07/09/2010
Hartford's Democratic Unwritten Rule
07/09/2010
Where We Live: One Dollar for Tourism
07/07/2010
Perez To Get Final Paycheck
07/07/2010
Segarra Moves To Tear Butt Ugly Building Down
07/07/2010
Developer in North End Wants City of Hartford To Do More
07/06/2010
Where We Live: A Mixed Bag
07/06/2010
Northland Hands Off Operation Of XL Center
07/02/2010
Where We Live: Cities in Crisis
07/02/2010

June - 2010

State Rep. Chris Caruso Discusses Public Financing for Political Campaigns
06/30/2010
City Pays Legal Fees, But Not For Eddie Perez
06/30/2010
Where We Live: Is Connecticut Going Broke?
06/30/2010
Second In A Series: Hartford, Gangs, and the Police
06/29/2010
Where We Live: Pedro Segarra
06/28/2010
First In A Series: Hartford, Gangs, And The Police
06/28/2010
Segarra Asks For Resignation Of All Department Heads
06/28/2010
Where We Live: Washington Desk
06/25/2010
Gubernatorial Candidate Oz Griebel Focusing on the Republican Primary
06/24/2010
Cotto Wants To Prohibit Contributions From City Contractors
06/24/2010
Where We Live: Putting Children To Work
06/23/2010
State Rep. John Geragosian Clarifies Connecticut's Budget Issues
06/23/2010
Malloy And Lamont: On Message
06/23/2010
Perez Co-Defendant Gets Probation
06/23/2010
Perez To Resign On Friday. Kind of.
06/22/2010
Unraveling Hartford And Perez
06/22/2010
Segarra Poised To Be Mayor
06/21/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Eddie Perez - After the Verdict
06/18/2010
In Full Bloom-Hartford's Elizabeth Park
06/18/2010
Perez: Relinquish My Duties
06/18/2010
Where We Live: Portrait of Hartford
06/17/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Eddie Perez - Before The Verdict
06/17/2010
Jury Begins Deliberating in Hartford Mayor Corruption Trial
06/16/2010
Concept For Downtown Skatepark Approved
06/15/2010
West Hartford Man Details Decision To Cut Off His Arm
06/15/2010
Hartford Superintendent's Contract Expiring
06/14/2010
Violent Extremism: Causes and Solutions
06/14/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Peter Schiff
06/14/2010
Where We Live: Islamic Deradicalization
06/11/2010
Defense Attorneys Call First Witness In Perez Trial
06/11/2010
The Big Tent Goes Up
06/10/2010
Enfield Board Votes To Appeal Graduation Ruling
06/09/2010
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz Discusses the 2010 Campaign Year
06/09/2010
The Wadsworth Atheneum Under Construction
06/07/2010
For Republican Women, 2010 Is Already A Huge Year
06/03/2010
Where We Live: Blazing the Trail to Smart Growth
06/03/2010
Connecticut's Race To The Top
06/02/2010
In Public Funding, Malloy Stands To Get $2.18 Million
06/02/2010

May - 2010

Quinnipiac Poll Shows Blumenthal Still Leading McMahon
05/27/2010
Where We Live: Housing Our Vets
05/27/2010
Governor Vetoes Energy Bill
05/27/2010
Gov. Rell Signs Education Reform Bill
05/26/2010
The Lyceum Hosts Talks On Revitalizing CT Cities
05/26/2010
Simmons To Scale Back On Campaigning, But Keeps Name On Ballot
05/26/2010
Where We Live: Sustaining our Cities
05/25/2010
Blumenthal Offers Email Apology
05/25/2010
Upbeat Dodd Enjoys Buzz About His Future
05/25/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Catching Up With Susan Bysiewicz
05/24/2010
Can Fat Wallets At The Top Of The Ticket Buy GOP Legislative Gains?
05/24/2010
GOP Has The Edge In Unsettled Convention Races
05/21/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Conventionpalooza!
05/21/2010
State Rep. Arthur O'Neill Seeking Republican Nomination for Attorney General
05/20/2010
Mayor Unlikely to Testify During Trial
05/20/2010
Lieberman/Kerry Bill Would End Northeast Cap And Trade Program
05/20/2010
Faith Middleton Show: Politics, Burgers And Beer, May 20, 2010
05/20/2010
Where We Live: The Media Circus
05/19/2010
Perez Trial: Mayor's Wife Cancelled Home Depot Order One Month Before Costa Began Renovations
05/19/2010
Healthcare Reform Board Now Fully Funded
05/19/2010
Bysiewicz, The Day After
05/19/2010
Contractor Costa Wraps Up Testimony in Perez Trial
05/18/2010
Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal Press Conference
05/18/2010
Blumenthal Answers Critics, Fights Back
05/18/2010
The Case Of Eddie And The Reporter
05/17/2010
Where We Live: Explaining Connecticut's Energy Bill
05/14/2010
The "Vulnerability Index" Survey Could Improve Aid for the Homeless While Saving Taxpayer Dollars
05/14/2010
Blumenthal Argues For Keeping Consumer Protections Provision In Financial Reform Bill
05/14/2010
Day 3: City Contractor Testifies; Never Expected Perez To Pay For Renovations
05/14/2010
Faith Middleton Show: Politics, Burgers & Beer, May 13, 2010
05/14/2010
Eddie Perez On Trial
05/13/2010
Where We Live: The Enfield Graduation Debate
05/13/2010
Day 2: Testimony Focuses On Contractor's Poor Progress On Park Street
05/13/2010
Representatives Retiring from State Politics
05/13/2010
Legislative Session Ends, Lobbying Over Energy Bill Goes On
05/13/2010
Corruption Trial of Eddie Perez Begins
05/12/2010
Colin McEnroe Show: Politics and Perez
05/12/2010
Where We Live: Out of Prison
05/12/2010
Perez Trial Begins; Contractor's Work Under Microscope
05/12/2010
Malloy Announces Running Mate
05/12/2010
Missing Candidates Take Heat At Forum
05/11/2010
Hartford Presses State For Action On Teacher Seniority Rule Change
05/10/2010
Same-Sex CT Couples May Benefit From DOMA Lawsuit
05/10/2010
Watchdog Groups Warn of Conflict of Interest
05/07/2010
Education Reform Bill Passes
05/07/2010
Where We Live: Legislative Wrap-up
05/07/2010
House and Senate Pass Energy Bill
05/06/2010
Legislators to hear tentative budget plan today
05/04/2010
Malloy First Gubernatorial Candidate to Qualify for Public Financing
05/03/2010
Lieberman Optimistic About Climate Change Legislation
05/03/2010
Where We Live: Icons and Iconoclasts
05/03/2010
News Update from the Washington Desk
05/03/2010

April - 2010