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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 January 10, 2019 because most insurers would not…

NBC Connecticut Investigates discovered some new information about a bumpy Avelo Airlines flight earlier this year that left three flight attendants hurt.

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 mandatory occurrence report said three flight...

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 Wednesday September…

The video shows the traffic stop, and the driver taking off just as police walked up to the vehicle.

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…

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 CT Investigates has learned state police have suspended longtime trooper Christopher Melanson indefinitely. That is something that is rarely done, according to law enforcement sources. Melanson, who was suspended on Monday, has been employed as a state trooper since 2006 and is assigned to the agency’s Traffic Services Unit, according to state police. They would not say if the…

A Danbury judge has dismissed criminal charges against a Connecticut state trooper in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in July 2022.

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 ended a woman’s car…

A Connecticut man who entered the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021 is asking a federal judge to dismiss the most serious charge.

An investigation into alleged sexual misconduct did not result in discipline.

Hard data has shown many electric customers are mad, and they’re not going to take it anymore.

Does Connecticut really have a law that requires pickles to bounce to be considered pickles? NBC CT Investigates got the answer.

The week of March 13, 2023, journalists the world over have been celebrating Sunshine Week, promoting access to public information, and records. Ironically, our NBC CT Investigates team ran into a surprising roadblock during Sunshine Week, that has raised transparency questions about a quasi-public agency that makes multi-million-dollar decisions about many of our state’s airports. It requires effort for the…

Ironically, our NBC CT Investigates team ran into a surprising roadblock during Sunshine Week, that has raised transparency questions about a quasi-public agency that makes multi-million-dollar decisions about many of our state’s airports.

You’d think our state’s crumbling concrete crisis would be uncommon, but it, in fact, appears to be even worse in some other countries.

As rising interest rates happen and surging property values prevent more families from buying a home, the demand for rentals is soaring too and finding an affordable place to rent is no picnic either.

Connecticut has pledged to make law enforcement more transparent.

Connecticut has pledged to make law enforcement more transparent. NBC Connecticut Investigates put that to the test, seeing what it takes to get the documents and background material associated with three incidents this summer involving state troopers. On July 24, a young woman in Brookfield reported to Connecticut State Police she got rear ended twice by a car that took…