Matt Dwyer
Editor, All Things Considered / Midday News AnchorMatt Dwyer is an editor, reporter and midday host for Connecticut Public's news department. He produces local news during All Things Considered.
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A graduate of the University of Hartford who spent part of her childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, Love became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. -
Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced $3 million in city funding will go to public schools, to help address a budget shortfall. But he’s also calling on state officials to help amid federal funding uncertainty. -
Under a sweeping executive order that also targeted the parent company of Voice of America, the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be virtually eliminated. The little-known organization provides grants to cultural and educational institutions across Connecticut. -
If owners pay their city property taxes for five years, the loan will be forgiven. -
Sherry Zane blasted the school’s internal investigation, calling the process a “kangaroo court” meant to deprive her of wages she rightfully earned by taking on unpaid work. -
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services has laid off about half of its staff as the Trump administration ordered sudden cuts in federal funding for resettlement agencies. -
The Mystic Aquarium says Chappy the gray seal suffered from a condition in which his intestines were twisted, cutting off the blood supply to a large portion of his gastrointestinal tract. The aquarium says its staff is devastated. -
Connecticut-based toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker is suing Stanley 1913, the Seattle company that makes trendy travel mugs involved in a recent safety recall. -
"When he first came in, he was pretty malnourished, and we just wanted to make sure we were giving him all the supportive care he needed," said Allie Cojocaru, an animal rescuer. "So we did tube feed him for the first few days that he was here, kind of a gruel, a fish smoothie."
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Deborah Weymouth, president and CEO of Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital, and Waterbury Hospital, is expected to tap into the hospitals’ own funds to finance their functioning during the bankruptcy process.
