Patrick Skahill
Digital EditorPatrick Skahill is a reporter and digital editor at Connecticut Public. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of Connecticut Public Radio's The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. He can be reached at pskahill@ctpublic.org.
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M. Jodi Rell, a governor whose bipartisan spirit helped CT politics emerge from scandals, dies at 78Rell died following a brief illness in Florida. She was the second female governor in Connecticut history, and the state's first female Republican governor. -
A large portion of western Connecticut was listed by the agency Thursday as in a “severe drought,” a sign of worsening water conditions in the state. -
The bid, announced Thursday, was backed by the Connecticut families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, who won a $1.4 billion defamation verdict against Jones. -
No human cases have been reported this year in Connecticut. But the disease has been detected in people connected with farms as far east as Michigan. -
Since Connecticut started offering a more generous deposit in January, anecdotal evidence shows vehicles are crossing over the state border to make a quick buck. -
“We are, frankly, trying to keep up with the reports coming in,” said Chris Martin, state forester with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. -
Las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 se celebrarán el martes 5 de noviembre. Los ciudadanos de Connecticut votarán en las elecciones federales y estatales. Presentamos las fechas clave y la información que debes saber sobre las elecciones. -
Connecticut did not set a new rainfall record in 2024 during a deadly August storm that killed three people, according to a review by the National Weather Service. -
2024 has already marked a record-setting year for bears entering homes in Connecticut. Officials are asking residents to stay "bear aware" this fall. -
Connecticut election officials are partnering with colleges and universities across the state to get out the vote and train students to be poll workers during the upcoming election.
