CITY POLITICS
ANASTASIA HUFHAM
Transportation activists show support for the Transportation and Climate Initiative

Climate activists cycled to an anti-Transportation and Climate Initiative rally to draw attention to the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

September 16, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
New report: State’s recovery from pandemic to drag on for years

As the city begins a new fiscal year optimistically, a statewide group reports a dire economic state in Connecticut.

September 16, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Yalies power through local primaries

Three Yale College students and one Yale Law School fellow are preparing for November general elections in New Haven and Hamden.

September 16, 2021

ANASTASIA HUFHAM
City breaks ground on final stretch of Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in New Haven

Decades in the making, the 80-mile trail will extend another four miles through Wooster Square to its new endpoint at the Canal Dock Boathouse.

September 15, 2021

CHRISTIAN ROBLES
BOE discusses district quarantine learning policies, virtual academy

BOE members critique remote learning protocol for quarantined students and call for a virtual learning academy.

September 13, 2021

ISAAC YU
New Connecticut driving laws take effect Oct. 1

Provisions include pedestrian safety laws, increased fines for using a phone while driving and a ban on opening car doors on cyclists.

September 12, 2021

A pedestrian crossing the street.
ANASTASIA HUFHAM & ZAPORAH PRICE
Hurricane Ida catches New Haven by surprise

Floods from the hurricane raise questions about increasing risk due to climate change.

September 8, 2021

Flooding and damage in Gray
OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
As probable second Elicker term looms, religious leaders ask for commitments on public health issues

Mayor boasts progress on key issues but declines to say yes or no to ‘pretty specific’ questions.

September 6, 2021

Elicker speaks at an event
ÁNGELA PÉREZ & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Lots has changed in New Haven’s mayoral race. Here’s what you need to know

After a long summer of campaigning, Karen DuBois-Walton has dropped out, leaving incumbent Mayor Justin Elicker as the sole Democratic candidate.

September 2, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
City to warn, fine and potentially shut down businesses for mask mandate noncompliance

The crackdown is a result of a tenfold increase in hospitalizations since July 1.

September 1, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Tropical Depression Henri leaves little damage to New Haven

New Haven reported no injuries, no loss of life and no property damage from the storm, according to Emergency Operations Director Rick Fontana.

August 25, 2021

An up close of City Hall from the front steps.