American-Statesman business editor Travis Webb asks: “How did those bright green parrots get to Austin?” He refers, of course, to the monk parakeets that seem so alien to many of our city’s newcomers.

CT received more than 12,000 reports of bear sightings in 2025, more than double from a decade ago. One town provided the most reports.

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Birds "test the waters" first with potential pals, shows a study. American researchers found that monk parakeets gradually approach a stranger. They take time to get familiar to avoid increasingly ...

Gov. Ned Lamont discussed Connecticut's minimum wage increase during a press conference in downtown Hartford on Jan. 8, 2026. Credit: P.R. Lockhart / Connecticut Mirror For more than a decade, ...

With a series of increases in recent years, the average salaries and pensions for Connecticut state employees have been rising steadily. The average gross pay has now reached nearly $95,000 per year ...