Teen domestic violence, more mental health days, and the school-to-prison pipeline are just some of topics on the minds of ...

New Haven could soon have room for only one more smoke shop — specifically on one block of industrial Water Street cut off ...

Anne Tubis is the winningest typo catcher in New Haven Independent history -- all 19 years of it. Now, she's done it again.

(Opinion) How about this New Haven T‑shirt slogan?: “We’re round and flat.” Decorated with New Haven-crafted frisbees, pizzas, burgers, clocks, and lollipops? My hunch is that we may see snappier, ...

A Democratic mayor swore in a Republican election official with calls for bispartisan cooperation as GOP members cheered them on. Yes, that really happened. Wednesday evening. In New Haven. When Mayor ...

(Hartford) Connecticut’s towing industry better watch out. There’s a new sheriff in town — and he’s got his sights set on scrapping storage fees, eliminating “patrol towing,” requiring companies to ...

It’s a great time to be a banana peel in New Haven — as the city has installed three new public composting bins as part of a pilot program to help divert food scraps from the landfill. The ...

Cellphone-restricting pouches are officially headed for all New Haven middle and high schools, now that alders have approved a nearly $371,000 contract with the tech-securing company Yondr. At a full ...

(Hartford) Dwight Alder Frank Douglass and a dozen fellow rideshare drivers from across Connecticut got behind the wheel Wednesday morning — to drive up to the state Capitol and push for higher pay ...

A state judge approved the no-fault eviction of an Edgewood family after cautioning both landlord and tenant about the quicksand-like perils of oral, rather than written, leases. State Superior Court ...

The Board of Alders unanimously voted to uproot the parks commission — along with its lifetime appointees — and compost it into a new board with limited terms. One concern with the lifetime appointee ...

I’ve got a case of the Winter Blues. That was a good thing. The Winter Blues is a free, twice-weekly live music series taking place on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12 – 1 p.m. inside the State House ...