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Split over abortion divides Catholic Church and disability rights activists in right-to-die fight in Connecticut legislature. Groups will hold separate rallies Wednesday. Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant/Hartford Courant/TNS Cathy Ludlum, from Manchester, is a leader with Second Thoughts, a disability rights group. Disability rights activists and the lobbying arm of the Catholic Church in Connecticut have long been allies in the fight against legislation that would allow physicians to help terminally ill patients end their lives. But ...

Prominent members of the large Puerto Rican disapora community in Connecticut say they are hopefully statehood will be achieved -- but only if the Puerto Rican people want it.

The father of the late Anthony Vega Cruz, the 18-year-old shot and killed by a Wethersfield police officer in 2019, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officer and town over his son’s death.

The pandemic means the Lenten season will look a bit different than usual this year, but Ash Wednesday traditions in Connecticut will be maintained with a few changes. The practice of clergy directly applying ashes to parishioners’ foreheads is considered unsafe, so churches are trying other approaches.

A new, broader vision for traveling around the Hartford area of the future is expected to emerge by the end of next year.