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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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we learn about Connecticut's trails from out in the woods. -
The proposal has gathered the support of a broad coalition of farmers and academics, who say drones could make their jobs cheaper and more environmentally-friendly. -
Connecticut announced it is formally pulling the plug on an agreement with Rhode Island and Massachusetts to make a bulk purchase of offshore wind. -
About one quarter of the claims are for bonding leave with a newborn child, according to state officials. -
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.
