Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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Updated: May 15, 2012
If Connecticut’s new marketing campaign is any indication, we’re a state filled with “history.”
History is the main theme behind the 2-year, $27 million tourism project - which now has the tagline, “Connecticut: Still Revolutionary.” It’s meant to capitalize not just on our role in th... read more
Fewer reporters are covering local government.
Former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez is appealing his conviction on corruption charges. Photo:mrceder (Flickr Creative Commons)
Photo:mrceder (Flickr Creative Commons)
Updated: May 14, 2012
You can read about government, listen to stories on the radio and watch them on TV...but do you really know how government works?
When a mayor makes a campaign promise...when a candidate takes a campaign donation from a company...when a complex budget is explained in a one... read more
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Updated: May 15, 2012
Environmentalists have been trying for years to shut down Connecticut’s last remaining coal-burning power plant. They could make more headway on that goal this year, since the power plant... read more
Chris Donovan and Don Williams.
Photo:Chion Wolf
Photo:Chion Wolf
Updated: May 11, 2012
In every legislative session there are winners and losers, but one of the more extraordinary losses this time around was Senate Bill One, a high profile piece of economic legislation with broad bi-partisan support. WNPR’s Harriet Jones reports.
Fresh from passing the... read more
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Updated: May 11, 2012
A bill that would prohibit insurers from charging patients for colonoscopies that end up as surgical procedures passed the legislature. As WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, it now awaits t... read more
Updated: May 8, 2012
This week on the Needle Drop, we've got a deep look into two new albums from Torche and Billy Woods. D.C. MC Billy Woods' latest album is a hardcore hip hop mutation that'll grit teeth and chill spines with it's aggressive personality and gritty imagery. Torche's latest effort, Harmonicraft, is a... read more
1. Charles Lindbergh in Hartford parade, with Ned Allen, Gov. John Trumbull and Acting Mayor Houghton Bulkeley, July 20, 1927.
The Connecticut Historical Society, 1965.31.16
Lindbergh at Brainard Field with “Spirit of St. Louis.” (Detail).
The Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of Gloria Moquin . 2011.202.1.17.
3. Lindbergh at Brainard Field with “Spirit of St. Louis”.
The Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of Gloria Moquin. 2011.202.1.18.
Charles Lindbergh. Photograph, from the Hartford Courant.
The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles Lindbergh, Gov. John Trumbull and Acting Mayor Houghton Bulkeley during Hartford parade, July 20, 1927.
The Connecticut Historical Society.
Updated: May 15, 2012
The legislative session just past made some major changes in the state of Connecticut. It abolished the death penalty, established Sunday alcohol sales, legalized medical marijuana and began a process of reform of the education system. But what was in it for the business commu... read more
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Gibson's "Kalamazoo Gals"
The women who made Gibson guitars during World War II.
Updated: May 15, 2012
Quinnipiac University law professor John Thomas teaches health and intellectual property law during the day. When he's not doing that though, he's a guitar geek. He collects, studies and writes about guitars and his latest venture has him looking at World War II-era Gibson Gui... read more
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From garage labs to space telescopes, how are amateurs driving America forward?
Flickr Creative Commons, Horia Varlan
Photo:Flickr Creative Commons, Horia Varlan
Updated: May 14, 2012
Jack Hitt will speak at R.J. Julia Booksellers Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
Today I got into a Twitter debate with a guy who thinks the press spends too much time covering candidates who aren't really legitimate contenders.
I'm on the other side of that these days. I to... read more
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Updated: May 10, 2012
Three stars in their fields sit down for interesting conversation—interior designer Bunny Williams, sports essayist Frank Deford, and flutist Ranso... read more