road safety Mar 14

Reckless on Our Roads: School bus drivers seen violating the law

During our eight month “Reckless on Our Roads” exclusive investigation, we saw school buses and vans exceeding the speed limit, rolling through stoplights and stop signs, and making questionable lane ...

  • crumbling foundations Sep 27, 2023

    New concrete research funds are coming to Connecticut

    More money is coming to the state to help hundreds of homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete basements – a problem NBC Connecticut Investigates first told you about eight years ago. Representative Joe Courtney, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Chris Murphy announced UConn has received $4 million from the National Institute of Standa...
  • nbc ct investigates Sep 25, 2023

    Crumbling concrete program reaches another milestone

    A state program designed to assist hundreds of Connecticut families with crumbling concrete basements announced a significant achievement Monday. The Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company (CFSIC) said it has now passed the 800 mark, and has placed 802 families into their homes with new foundations. The program was launched by the state...
  • Port Authority Sep 20, 2023

    CT Airport Authority comments on possible merger with CT Port Authority

    Members of the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) made their first public comments about a proposed merger with the troubled Connecticut Port Authority. The port authority has been ridden with millions of dollars in cost overruns on the state pier project in New London, along with other issues. CAA members had cautious comments on the merger propo...
  • nbc ct investigates Sep 13, 2023

    FAA shares new details on bumpy Avelo flight

    NBC Connecticut Investigates discovered some new information about a bumpy Avelo Airlines flight earlier this year that left three flight attendants hurt. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said severe turbulence was to blame. Our team obtained a report on this from the FAA via a freedom of information request. The FAA’s air traffic mandator...
  • nbc ct investigates Sep 11, 2023

    Exclusive video shows moments before crash that killed Hartford police officer

    NBC Connecticut Investigates has obtained video of the events just before the collision that took the life of a Hartford police officer last week. The video shows the traffic stop, and the driver taking off just as police walked up to the vehicle. NBC Connecticut Investigates got this video through a Freedom of Information request. At 10:24pm on We...
  • Hartford Sep 8, 2023

    Court document brings new perspective on fatal crash involving Hartford officer

    NBC Connecticut Investigates discovered some new information in connection with the death of a Hartford police officer this week. Officer Bobby Garten was killed after a car driven by an 18 year old Hartford man ran into his police cruiser following a routine traffic stop a block away. Chief Investigator Len Besthoff found an interesting note in on...
  • new haven Sep 7, 2023

    New Haven neighborhood has the most people vulnerable to extreme heat

    When the temperature rises, seniors, children and people with certain medical conditions are more likely to succumb to heat-related illness and even death. U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by NBC shows that as extreme heat events become more frequent, the poorest Americans will be the most vulnerable. Heat vulnerability is measured by 10 risk facto...
  • rate hikes Aug 25, 2023

    United Illuminating gets smaller rate increase than requested

    A win for Connecticut consumers as state regulators deny power company United Illuminating a significant rate increase. The lengthy, hotly-contested case wrapped up after roughly a year. Regulators did make concessions to the Connecticut utility in its final decision. It serves 17 towns and cities in southwestern Connecticut, one of the state’...
  • Jan 6 riot Aug 16, 2023

    Derby alderman charged in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol case

    Gino DiGiovanni Jr. was not an alderman at the time of the riot at the U.S. Capitol but was later elected to the position. He is now running for mayor of Derby.

  • nbc ct investigates Aug 9, 2023

    State regulators set new critical incident response time target for Eversource

    Electric utility Eversource has been told by state regulators it must have a target response time of 30 minutes for critical incidents on fair weather days. NBC Connecticut Investigates has filed a series of reports about the incident that prompted this, when a couple in their 80s was stuck in their vehicle with live wires on top of it for…...
  • Bradley Airport Jul 19, 2023

    Bradley Airport passenger traffic is down year to date. Here's why

    The uptick in activity at Tweed Airport in New Haven appears to be making a dent into passenger traffic at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. In his executive director’s report, CT Airport Authority Executive Director Kevin Dillon told the CAA board at its regular meeting that year to date through May 2023, Bradley passenger traffic is...
  • nbc ct investigates Jul 14, 2023

    Charges dismissed against state trooper involved in evading incident

    A Danbury judge has dismissed criminal charges against a Connecticut state trooper in connection with an alleged hit and run in July 2022. Sergeant Catherine Koeppel was not present in court when Judge Charles Stango said she completed a diversionary program and dismissed her case. State police reports said on July 24, 2022 Sergeant Koeppel rear en...
  • Eversource Jul 13, 2023

    New Eversource emergency response standards may be on the way

    Electric utility Eversource is facing potential fines and other consequences following an investigation after a couple in a car was trapped under live wires. It’s a story NBC Connecticut Investigates has been following exclusively since January. We’re talking about what Eversource calls a priority one incident, the most serious calls the utility ge...
  • Crumbling Foundation Jul 7, 2023

    Congress members update homeowners on help with crumbling concrete

    The discovery of hundreds of deteriorating basements and foundations in northeastern and north central Connecticut has changed lives, and galvanized state and federal leaders to help. One of the Congress people who has led the charge visited the district with word of more assistance, and research aimed at solving this monumental problem. A now defu...
  • electric utilities Jul 6, 2023

    CT electric customers still switching to third-party suppliers

    Six months after some of the worst sticker shock Connecticut electric customers have ever seen, many are still sticking with third-party suppliers instead of going back to dramatically-reduced standard offer rates from our state’s largest, legacy power companies. Last winter, people were looking anywhere for relief from electric companies’ standard...
  • Confederate Flag Jun 27, 2023

    Confederate flag displayed by Connecticut contractor fuels outcry

    A Connecticut asphalt company apologized after a motorist captured video of a Confederate flag hanging from one of its vehicles, during highway repair work in Massachusetts. A viewer contacted NBC Connecticut and said she has a friend who caught the images while driving on Route 2 in Fitchburg, Mass. The images showed a Confederate flag hanging fro...
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