Jennifer Ahrens
Producer, Morning EditionJennifer Ahrens is a producer for Morning Edition. She spent 20+ years producing TV shows for CNN and ESPN. She joined Connecticut Public Media because it lets her report on her two passions, nature and animals.
She’s a S.I. Newhouse alum and cannot imagine living anywhere but the Northeast. After living in Atlanta for several years, she realized a year without four seasons is a bore.
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After a record number of bear home break-ins and two reported attacks on humans last year, lawmakers are considering a wide-ranging bill to remake the state's bear policy. -
Tree pollen is contributing to spring allergies in Connecticut. Here are some non-medicinal steps you can take to lessen the symptoms. -
State wildlife officials reported 67 home break-ins statewide in 2022, a record number that wildly outpaced annual numbers from the previous five years. -
Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is calling for a special election Tuesday, Feb. 28, to fill three vacant seats in Connecticut’s House of Representatives. -
More than 300 bird species have been recorded at the 28-acre coastal habitat, which sits on a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Housatonic River estuary. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new COVID-19 omicron subvariant called XBB.1.5 is the dominant variant in the Northeast and accounts for nearly one-third of new COVID cases nationwide. -
Sworn into office for a second four-year term, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday called on state legislators to pass a "meaningful middle class tax cut," saying it's time for the state to refocus on economic growth and opportunity now that the emergency of the pandemic is fading. -
In Connecticut, the storm is expected to bring rain, localized flooding and strong winds – complicating travel plans this holiday weekend. -
Gov. Ned Lamont announced a deal with Eversource and United Illuminating last month that was slated to infuse an extra $13 million into home-heating assistance programs, but Brenda Watson, executive director of Operation Fuel, said her organization has yet to see the money. -
Raptors in Connecticut are rebounding while wading bird populations are declining.
