Chris Polansky
General Assignment/Breaking News ReporterChris Polansky joined Connecticut Public in March 2023 as a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in Hartford. Previously, he’s worked at Utah Public Radio in Logan, Utah, as a general assignment reporter; Lehigh Valley Public Media in Bethlehem, Pa., as an anchor and producer for All Things Considered; and at Public Radio Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., where he both reported and hosted Morning Edition.
His work has also appeared on WNYC’s Gothamist, NPR.org, and NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts. In 2020, Chris, Carter Moore and Dani Hayes jointly won the Utah SPJ award for best continuing coverage (radio) for their Utah Public Radio reporting on the disappearance and murder of Lizzy Shelley and the
trial of suspect Alexander Whipple.
Chris is a graduate of Hunter College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, both at the City University of New York. He’s a New Jersey native and perpetually disappointed Mets fan who enjoys loading up his van for hiking and camping trips with his dog, Trout Fishing in America. He plays replacement-level third base in various wood bat baseball leagues. He’s also a proud alumnus of Bike & Build, an affordable housing nonprofit with which he’s bicycled coast-to-coast twice: from Portland, Maine, to Santa Barbara (2014), and from Nags Head, North Carolina, to San Diego (2016).
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Attorney Norm Pattis says critics of the pardons should “get over it.” -
Residents of Hartford’s North End have regularly endured flooding and sewer backups during heavy rains for years. Now, officials say the agreement will mean fewer stormwater-related flooding events and cleaner discharge into waterways. -
CT mayors, superintendents call for more education funding, loosening of state's 'fiscal guardrails'The officials say they’re being forced to raise local taxes while the state sits on a surplus. -
Despite pleas from several displaced tenants still yet to find permanent housing after an August fire forced them from their homes, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said the city would stick to its Jan. 10 deadline and stop paying for temporary housing in the form of hotel stays. -
Cuando un gran apagón afectó a Puerto Rico y dejó a casi toda la isla sin electricidad, los residentes de Connecticut con vínculos en la isla se prepararon para recibir a sus familiares necesitados. En Connecticut, el estado con mayor población puertorriqueña per cápita del país, los ciudadanos de la diáspora reaccionaron con frustración y ansiedad. -
Connecticut has the most Puerto Ricans per capita of any U.S. state. Elected officials and scholars say what happens on the island has ripple effects on migration to the state.
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“When we’re losing our insect populations, we’re losing our bird populations,” one expert says. -
Events will take place exactly 50 years to the day from when the team played their first game in Hartford. -
“People love Christmas movies,” says the state’s brand director. Visitors can now see the sites around Connecticut where nearly two dozen holiday flicks were filmed over the last decade. -
Officer Andrew Teeter shot and killed Mike Alexander-Garcia during an incident last year.
