The New England News Collaborative is telling stories of our connected and rapidly changing region.
The is a 9-station consortium of public media newsrooms reporting stories that are shared and broadcast across New England. Our multimedia coverage delves into climate change and clean energy; racial inequality and immigration; and the impacts of the pandemic on people, businesses and schools in the region.
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Toussaint St. Negritude is a poet, teacher and musician who has chosen his own path and his own name. In this episode, Toussaint speaks about fierceness as a survival tool for Black queer men, like him, who were out and gay in the 1970s. -
23andMe this week entered the federal bankruptcy process and is looking for a buyer, which has raised questions about data privacy for those who participated in the company's genetic analysis. -
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas calls the executive order 鈥渦nlawful.鈥� -
The federal agency allocated more than $353 million for school districts and other organizations in Connecticut through its grant programs, according to state education officials. -
Last October, a secretive high-level meeting was held to review the environmental impacts of a controversial proposal for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. Now, the release of a 65-page meeting transcript offers a first glimpse into what happened behind closed doors. -
Kimberly Sullivan is accused of torturing her stepson and imprisoning him in her Waterbury home for more than two decades. -
A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems. The answer is: a lot. -
State Representatives highlight legislation that would help close CT wage gap. -
State House Republicans pushed through a key policy goal of Gov. Kelly Ayotte: reforming a 2018 bail law that critics say resulted in too many defendants released pretrial. -
Hartford's mayor wants to boost funding for a forgivable loan program as part of his proposed budget. Eligible city employees may receive up to $40,000 in the form of a forgivable loan to support down payment costs.
