Clare Secrist
News FellowClare Secrist joined WSHU Public Radio as a News Fellow in 2020. She is attending Sacred Heart and is working toward her Masters of the Arts in Journalism and Media Production. Clare’s undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She graduated in 2020 with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Media Studies from the College of Media, Communications and Information.
Clare’s role at WSHU is to report and write on stories that are related to the Connecticut and New York listening area. She is passionate about reporting on stories that create awareness and promote change for the better.
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Over the last decade, data from the Federal Rail Administration show the number of railway incidents — the federal agency identifies these as casualties — in Connecticut over the last decade are declining, but pedestrian collisions are on the rise. -
The legislation codifies the state’s goal of eliminating carbon emissions from the electricity grid by 2040 and expanding existing renewable energy programs. Governor Ned Lamont wants to reduce the state’s contribution to climate change and increase the use of clean energy in Connecticut.
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Members of Congress called on President Biden on Monday as well to invoke the Defense Production Act to urgently address the baby formula shortage, which was last used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
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Renee Dominguez announced she will retire on Saturday following a judge’s order to resign because she has held the interim job for too long and failed to gain approval by the city’s Board of Alders.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants to add $3.2 billion to the National Drug Control program. This will bring the total funding to $42.5 billion to help reduce opioid overdoses in vulnerable communities, including Long Island.
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The report found that New Yorkers who are Black, Indigenous and people of color were disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic due to an unequal ability to access affordable health care.
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Three bills being considered in New York take aim at restrictive abortions laws in other states, as a draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion was leaked on Monday that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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By 2070, the Hamptons is predicted to be transformed into a series of islands because of climate change and rising sea levels, according to a new draft of a Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan in the Town of East Hampton.
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A new bill in Connecticut would accelerate school financing from the state to districts with greater levels of student need.
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Two Connecticut towns will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars per year if lawmakers pass a bill that allows for a personal property tax exemption on tribal lands. The legislation is backed by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which owns Foxwoods Resort Casino.
