New Haven

The union representing school nurses in New Haven, AFSCME Local 1303-467, has reached a six-year contract agreement with the city.

The 53rd annual Love March in New Haven honoring the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped off on Sunday morning.

The Firefighter Cancer Registry will receive $5.5 million in funding to track firefighters’ cancer rates and improve workplace safety.

Recreational marijuana sales begin this week in Connecticut. Officials say their cities are getting ready.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker files his first re-election campaign finance report this week. It is expected to show that he has raised enough money to qualify for public financing.

There is an affordable housing crisis, an eviction crisis and a homelessness crisis in Connecticut. While they are interrelated, solutions differ. A group of unhoused people and their allies in New Haven want to provide safety and dignity for people who are homeless right now.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker has proposed a citywide literacy and math initiative to provide afterschool and summer tutoring for students in first to fifth grades.

Reginald Dwayne Betts, who finished his sentence 23 years ago and has since completed his law degree from Yale Law School, is working to bring libraries to prisons around the country.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker launched the city’s first Office of Climate and Sustainability with plans to transition the city to use renewable energy sources rather than fossil fuels.

New Haven has agreed to negotiate a settlement with lawyers representing Randy Cox. His family filed a $100 million federal lawsuit after Cox was paralyzed while in New Haven police custody.