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CLAY JAMIESON
Pandemic worsens overdoses in New Haven

Two weeks ago, two New Haven community members were found dead — possibly due to a drug overdose — in a storage space behind Jack’s […]

March 1, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
House passes Equality Act, Sabin introduces resolution in support

On Feb. 25, Downtown Alder Eli Sabin ’22 introduced a resolution to the Board of Alders Health and Human Services Committee that would declare the […]

March 1, 2021

The front façade of City Hall during the daytime.
THOMAS BIRMINGHAM & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
In unprecedented move, Elicker unveils two budgets simultaneously

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker introduced not one, but two budget proposals for fiscal year 2021-22 on Monday morning for the Board of Alders to […]

March 1, 2021

Photo of City Hall from the New Haven Green
THOMAS BIRMINGHAM
A victory for Elicker, Looney as PILOT proposal passes in state Senate

After months of advocacy from New Haven politicians, the Connecticut state Senate voted in favor of Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney’s proposal to increase […]

March 1, 2021

A photo of city hall
TALAT AMAN, JULIA BROWN & MADISON HAHAMY
Arrest warrant charges Qinxuan Pan with murder in shooting death of Kevin Jiang ENV ’22

The New Haven Police Department has issued an arrest warrant charging MIT researcher Qinxuan Pan with murder in the shooting death of Kevin Jiang ENV […]

February 26, 2021

A headshot of Pan
MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO & CHRISTIAN ROBLES
Child care providers and pre-K-12 staff prioritized in Lamont’s new vaccination plan

In a Monday press conference, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that Connecticut’s COVID-19 vaccine plan will follow an age-based approach –– with an exception for child […]

February 26, 2021

Up close view of vials of the COVID-19 vaccine
ALVARO PERPULY & CHRISTIAN ROBLES
Lamont budget ‘devastating,’ may cost NHPS $9 million over two years

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s newly proposed budget could cost New Haven Public Schools some $9 million over the next two years. The figure is based […]

February 26, 2021

ZAPORAH PRICE
‘Integrating an institution’: Reflecting on May Day and social justice in Black communities

More than 50 years after the Black Panther Party trial shook the Elm City, the trial’s legacies of Black activism and social justice are still […]

February 26, 2021

TALAT AMAN
Three ‘inappropriate touching’ incidents reported around Yale’s campus

On Wednesday afternoon, Yale students reported a series of groping and “inappropriate touching” incidents around Yale’s central campus area. “A large group of teenage males […]

February 25, 2021

SYLVAN LEBRUN
The Community Foundation ‘steps forward’ to address racial inequity and COVID-19

Since the start of the new year, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has begun to implement their $26 million “Stepping Forward” philanthropic initiative […]

February 25, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & MELANIE HELLER
Black faith leaders, state officials gather to discuss healthcare inequity and legislation

Putting race at the forefront of a state-wide conversation on healthcare equity was a top priority at a virtual legislative town hall on Wednesday.  Elected […]

February 25, 2021

A diagram showing the different steps towards racial healing, according to Powell.