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A post-COVID plan

By Sabrina Garone
Published July 11, 2022 at 6:39 PM EDT
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A patchwork of national and state regulations require utilities to trim around their power lines. More than a dozen of the country's largest utilities told NPR that falling trees and branches represent a leading cause of outages.
A patchwork of national and state regulations require utilities to trim around their power lines. More than a dozen of the country's largest utilities told NPR that falling trees and branches represent a leading cause of outages.

A COVID-19 payment plan for commercial utility consumers in Connecticut expired last month. Sports betting in New York brings in big money, a federal judge rules that more needs to be done to protect one marine animal, and Connecticut sees a steep decline in doctors working in private practices.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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