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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A $3 million investment is meant to tackle the teacher shortage by recruiting high school students interested in education careers and reducing barriers to entry. -
A bill to implement early voting in Connecticut is working its way through the General Assembly, but a dollar amount to pay for it is still being negotiated. -
Connecticut officials say a toxicology report shows state Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams was intoxicated when he was hit and killed by a wrong-way drunk driver in January. -
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said his office and lawmakers from both parties have found significant common ground in negotiations. -
There was controversy during construction of the 3.8 million-square-foot facility, where several nooses were found in 2021. -
Connecticut won’t have early voting in time for elections this year, according to the state’s top elections official. -
The 'Love Wins' concert, held annually at Western Connecticut State University, raises funds for the Ana Grace Márquez-Greene Scholarship in memory of the Sandy Hook shooting victim -
Despite her own battle with cancer and mounting medical costs, Erica Lafferty, daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, continues her advocacy. -
An annual benefit concert in memory of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting is returning this Saturday after a pandemic-imposed hiatus. -
More than 30 advocacy groups have gathered under the Just Majority campaign, calling for term limits for justices, an expanded court, and other reforms.
