Eddy Martinez
General Assignment | Breaking News ReporterEddy Martinez is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for Connecticut Public, focusing on Fairfield County.
He was previously a reporter in Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley for Hearst Connecticut Media. His written work has appeared internationally in the Asahi Shimbun, and at national outlets such as Columbia Journalism Review and Smithsonian Magazine.
Tips and comments can be sent to emartinez@ctpublic.org.
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Connecticut is funding a nearly $20 million pilot program which could bridge public transportation gaps in Trumbull and throughout Connecticut. -
Rev. Robert W. Perry, a longtime pastor of Union Baptist Church in Stamford is being remembered as a pillar in the community for his ministry and civil rights activism, after dying Saturday at the age of 93. -
Residents packed an ACLU of Connecticut town hall Wednesday night in Greenwich. The forum was part of the organization’s statewide outreach efforts to discuss what the group calls “attacks on civil liberties” under a new Trump administration and how federal policy changes may affect individual rights of residents. -
Se ha concedido una subvención federal de $2 millones a un proyecto destinado a reconectar zonas de New Haven afectadas por decisiones pasadas sobre infraestructuras de transporte. Sin embargo, existen preocupaciones de que sea una de las muchas subvenciones y préstamos federales en riesgo de perder su financiamiento después de que el presidente Donald Trump intentara ordenar la congelación de fondos federales a las 5 p.m. del martes. -
Early Tuesday, before a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's order to freeze federal grants and loans, Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s office said a project designed to reconnect New Haven neighborhoods adversely impacted by the construction of I-91 would be affected by the President's federal funding freeze.
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La Junta Estatal de Educación de Connecticut votó unánimemente el miércoles para intervenir en la administración del distrito escolar de Bridgeport. La votación se celebra luego de que el superintendente Royce Avery anunciara en noviembre que el distrito escolar enfrenta un déficit presupuestario de más de 30 millones de dólares. -
The Connecticut State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to have a state-appointed official help lead Bridgeport’s school system. The vote comes after Superintendent Royce Avery announced in November the school district faced a budget deficit over $30 million.
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Himes said he will continue to advocate for his constituents in Connecticut’s Fourth Congressional District, in the southwestern part of the state, even as he and other officials will act as a bulwark against Trump’s agenda. -
A flood prone stretch of Route 113 by Stratford’s Sikorsky Memorial Airport will soon get raised, as rising sea levels threaten the area. -
Now in its 55th year, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Love March, starting with humble beginnings, is now well attended by local and state leaders.
