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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Attendence rates are bouncing back statewide, but education officials say about one in five students still remains "chronically" absent. -
The company filed a written notice about the layoffs with the state Department of Labor Friday. The cuts include about 200 remote workers. -
There have been three reported cases of vibrio infections in Connecticut this year. Two people have now died, state officials said Tuesday. -
The cuts are part of a bigger nationwide workforce reduction. The health giant said it plans to shed 5,000 jobs to help reduce costs. -
Un tribunal federal de apelaciones confirmó una ley del estado de Connecticut que elimina las exenciones por creencias religiosas para vacunas en las escuelas. -
A person was killed and a police officer was injured during a shooting Tuesday afternoon on New Britain Avenue near New Park Avenue. -
Las autoridades de salud pública de Connecticut están advirtiendo sobre los posibles riesgos del agua salada y del consumo de pescado y mariscos crudos o poco cocidos, a raíz de una serie de infecciones bacterianas que provocaron la muerte de una persona.
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The majority argued Connecticut’s law contains “no trace of hostility toward religion” and that there is generally not a right for parents to “direct how a public school teaches their child.” -
Federal authorities say Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota entered more than two dozen Home Depot stores in Connecticut and several other states dressed like a contractor. Prosecutors say he picked up doors, loaded them onto a cart and then brought them to the return desk for store credit. -
So far this year, the state reports 24 bear home entries. It’s only summer, but that number is already higher than the total home entries for each recorded year prior to 2020.
