CONNECTICUT

Many New England states are working to protect and expand abortion access after the Supreme Court ruled against the constitutional right to abortion.

A 41-mile stretch of the Housatonic River in Connecticut has been designated ‘Wild and Scenic’ by the federal government. It’s the result of a decades-long effort by conservationists — and it comes with perks.

An ancient key stashed in a produce bag, and passed down through the generations, made Sarah Dixwell Brown curious to learn more about it. She chronicled her path to discovering that her seven-greats-grandfather was among those men who signed the death warrant for King Charles I of England.

Over 40 groups are asking Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to create a stronger environmental justice law in the state.

A team of Connecticut researchers recently found that scorpion tail stingers – once thought sterile – are actually covered in bacteria, some of which appear new to science.

A Massachusetts state senator said the toy maker LEGO moving its headquarters, and more than 700 jobs, from Enfield, Connecticut, to Boston will have a negative impact on his district.

The Lego Group announced it’s relocating to Boston and moving its North American headquarters out of Enfield, Connecticut, after nearly 50 years.

Advocates of the proposed "Aid in Dying" bill made an emotional plea to state legislators in Hartford on Wednesday to approve the legislation, introduced 15 times in Connecticut since 1994.

A professor at Eastern Connecticut State University won a National Science Foundation grant to study Cahokia with students.

Many school districts ran out of federal pandemic funding that allowed them to offer free school lunches to all students. Some lawmakers now want to change that.