By Black Information Network In a 6-3 vote on Monday (May 11), the Supreme Court ruled to lift a lower court order requiring Alabama to continue using its current congressional map — which includes two Black districts — until the 2030 census, according to Politico. However, the legislature attempted to adopt a new map in 2023 that included only a single...

by Dereen Shirnekhi Lamont: “Nothing better than UNITE HERE.” Local 217 members and leadership cheer for the two-term governor. A statewide hospitality workers union endorsed Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday in his...

by Paul Bass The New Haven independent Turn English Station blue. Or maybe even green. Those alternative visions emerged from a conversation with three New Haveners who since the turn of...

by Thomas Breen City Human Resources & Benefits Manager Marcella Garcia, and city Personnel Director Susan Baldwin: “It’s never OK to have a position open for three years. It’s not...

by Mona Mahadevan, Dereen Shirnekhi and Thomas Breen Mayor Justin Elicker on Wednesday afternoon will head to federal court in Hartford to answer a judge’s questions about why he told...

Lucy Gellman | May 12th, 2026 When Shawneeque McClam-Edwards returned to New Haven to help out her family in 2020, she never intended to stay. The trip, she thought, would...

by Staff Report HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should abandon its draft guidance that would ease approvals for flavored e-cigarette products, say a coalition of 21...

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie SOUTH WINDSOR — The Connecticut State Dental Association has presented state Sen. Saud Anwar, D-South Windsor,  with its  2026 Salvadore Squatrito Legislative Achievement Award. The award is...

by Viktoria Sundqvist HARTFORD, CT — Central Connecticut State University didn’t complete a biweekly payroll review in a timely manner, kept contracts outside of the university’s accounting system and failed...

by Maya McFadden Student concerns and recommendations around AI. New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students have reported “confusion” about how to use artificial intelligence in a school setting — especially since...

by Thomas Breen Thanks to a budget-season windfall of tens of millions of new dollars from the state and Yale, Mayor Justin Elicker has proposed a smaller tax-rate increase —...

by Dereen Shirnekhi Challenger Andrew Rice addresses disappointed supporters outside the convention, strategizing for gathering petition signatures. Delegates gather at West Haven High. 18-year-old Christian Garcia, from Hamden: I want to see...

Second District Democrats Back Courtney To Run For 11th Term by Kate Santini CTNewsJunkie VERNON, CT — Joe Courtney secured the Democratic nomination to run for an 11th term representing the...