Sky Crabtree
News InternSky Crabtree is a news intern at WSHU for the spring of 2024. He is an undergraduate student at Stony Brook University studying journalism and political science. Sky also serves as an assistant news editor for a student-run newspaper, The Statesman, and works as a news reporter for on-campus community radio station WUSB and the Stony Brook Media Group.
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Around 1,200 people attended an Earth Day Expo at the Groton Public Library on Saturday, where attendees could tell WSHU about what makes them anxious in the face of climate change. -
Local environmental and justice groups are challenging the Town of Brookhaven’s decision to allow a developer to construct a pair of warehouses. They worry Winter Brothers will use the property to build a planned waste transfer station. The town has said that’s unlikely. -
Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon wants more oversight over the state’s disability pension system. His push comes after a report exposed issues within the pension system, according to Hearst Connecticut Media. -
In 2018, after investigations, convictions and promises to reign in overtime spending, the agency vowed to make changes. Now, due to staffing issues and the opening of the Grand Central Madison terminal, the MTA has shattered records for $1.42 billion in overtime. -
According to a Sacred Heart University poll, which asked Americans how they felt about the country’s health care system, voters on both sides of the aisle said they feel the system is lacking — but how to fix health care will likely have implications for the upcoming presidential election. -
U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) wants to advance legislation that would increase retirees' Social Security payments, though the bill has faced pushback from Republicans. -
A state initiative being rolled out in New York is supplying funding to support school districts transitioning from diesel to electric school buses. Officials say the program could supercharge the state’s goal to achieve 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. -
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged House Republicans to take up the National Security Act, which passed the Senate last month but is stalled in the House. The package includes legislation that aims to curb fentanyl trafficking and opioid overdose deaths in the U.S.
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Members of Connecticut’s legislative transportation committee entered a heated debate recently over whether undocumented immigrants in the state should have special marking on their driver’s licenses that could be used to indicate their immigration status. -
OLA, an advocacy group that supports Latino residents on eastern Long Island, met with Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney and judges from the New York state court system earlier this month to discuss how to best serve non-native English speaking residents navigate the justice system.