Investigations

Some Connecticut front line health care employees say they continue to be on the receiving end of violence while at work. The problem has not gone away amid the pandemic, some in the medical field said. NBC Connecticut Investigates started looking into this issue almost two years ago. “We have not seen as much as we did going into the…...

How much is too much, when it comes to the number of fire departments in Connecticut? A state legislator has proposed studying that, and how to eliminate current roadblocks to combining departments. Right now our state has more than 300 fire departments serving 169 towns and cities. Over the years NBC Connecticut Investigates has documented how thi...

Throughout the pandemic, there has been much-deserved praise for frontline essential workers in health care, education, law enforcement and more. NBC Connecticut is shining a light on some of the other critical workforces that have persevered in order to keep Connecticut moving during these difficult times. Kelli Madigan, assistant customer service...

While the 2020 tax filing season is underway, if your 2019 return has yet to be processed still, you’re not alone. “It says ‘in process,’ which it has been since the first week of August,” said Jan Rossini, of Somers. Rossini takes care of the taxes for her loved ones, like her late father. “Mailed it first week in March,…

The vast majority of PPP recipients in Connecticut received loans under $150,0000.

The state’s attorney general and Department of Consumer Protection Warn that using online payment apps does come with risk.

NBC Connecticut Investigates has confirmed the CEO of our state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital has resigned. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or DMHAS said Hal Smith has stepped down effective immediately from Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown. The agency says Smith championed numerous initiatives improving pat...

2020 was a banner year for the Connecticut real estate market, bringing an influx of new residents to the state. NBC Connecticut Investigates has analyzed new data that shows some cities and towns saw double and triple digit percentage increases in the number of home sales in 2020 compared to the year before.

Some Hartford residents haven’t been getting their mail delivered regularly for weeks now. And, it’s causing problems, especially during the coronavirus crisis. “Personally, I got an unemployment letter back late because I didn’t get my mail in time,” said Maureen Leahy, who lives in the impacted Girard Avenue apartment complex called “Girard on th...

Even amid a pandemic, families continue to grow in Connecticut and around the country. As the demand for sperm donors increases across the country, some are turning to social media to find a donation during the coronavirus crisis. Shannon and Sheila Sweeney-Garcia met online five years ago. “I never thought in a million years you’d find me on a......

The pandemic could set back U.S. students an average of six to nine months in their learning, according to a recent report by consulting firm McKinsey and Company. Instructors and parents have weighed in on the shortcomings of class during COVID-19, and now students are sounding off. NBC Connecticut Investigates recently asked more than 200 school ...

A Connecticut first selectman returned his bonus and salary bump following a story by NBC Connecticut Investigates. Somers First Selectman Bud Knorr said he was following past precedent by giving himself a bonus and raise without consulting his fellow selectmen. Yet, at a recent Board of Finance meeting, Knorr said the move “…in retrospect was a la...

Demolition for a major retail project is beginning five years after controversial home buyouts swept through part of West Haven. “I thought it would be like an amazing thing to have this house where they had access to everything to rebuild their lives,” said Jocelyn Grant. Back in 2017, Grant purchased a three-family home on First Avenue in West Ha...