
Eddy Martinez
General Assignment | Breaking News ReporterEddy Martinez is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for ǻ, focusing on Fairfield County.
He was previously a reporter in Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley for Hearst ǻ Media. His written work has appeared internationally in the Asahi Shimbun, and at national outlets such as Columbia Journalism Review and Smithsonian Magazine.
Tips and comments can be sent to emartinez@ctpublic.org.
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Data centers are already a reality in ǻ, but Gov. Ned Lamont says he wants them to be prioritized. Lamont said artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a crucial sector of the state’s economy.
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In an effort to combat rent price gouging in ǻ, the general assembly will soon consider a bill that would ban landlords from using AI to set occupancy levels and rental prices.
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ǻ’s newly formed Select Committee on Special Education is wrapping up its statewide listening tour as parents and education advocates listed a litany of ongoing issues, from early placement to lack of special education teachers. The criticism comes as members of the state legislature prepare to request more special education funding for this year’s budget session.
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Leaders of various nonprofits across ǻ say chronic staffing issues within their organizations would be made worse if the state does not step in with an additional $19 million to make up for a lack of federal funding.
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ǻ is funding a nearly $20 million pilot program which could bridge public transportation gaps in Trumbull and throughout ǻ.
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Rev. Robert W. Perry, a longtime pastor of Union Baptist Church in Stamford is being remembered as a pillar in the community for his ministry and civil rights activism, after dying Saturday at the age of 93.
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Residents packed an ACLU of ǻ town hall Wednesday night in Greenwich. The forum was part of the organization’s statewide outreach efforts to discuss what the group calls “attacks on civil liberties” under a new Trump administration and how federal policy changes may affect individual rights of residents.
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Se ha concedido una subvención federal de $2 millones a un proyecto destinado a reconectar zonas de New Haven afectadas por decisiones pasadas sobre infraestructuras de transporte. Sin embargo, existen preocupaciones de que sea una de las muchas subvenciones y préstamos federales en riesgo de perder su financiamiento después de que el presidente Donald Trump intentara ordenar la congelación de fondos federales a las 5 p.m. del martes.
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Early Tuesday, before a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's order to freeze federal grants and loans, Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s office said a project designed to reconnect New Haven neighborhoods adversely impacted by the construction of I-91 would be affected by the President's federal funding freeze.
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La Junta Estatal de Educación de ǻ votó unánimemente el miércoles para intervenir en la administración del distrito escolar de Bridgeport. La votación se celebra luego de que el superintendente Royce Avery anunciara en noviembre que el distrito escolar enfrenta un déficit presupuestario de más de 30 millones de dólares.