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After All Things

Pequot country

By Sabrina Garone
Published March 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
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A dancer participates in an intertribal dance at Schemitzun on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Mashantucket, Conn., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Connecticut and a handful of other states have recently decided to mandate students be taught about Native American culture and history. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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A dancer participates in an intertribal dance at Schemitzun on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Mashantucket, Conn., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

Connecticut’s tribes need to agree on a new name for the Thames River. Lawmakers can’t seem to agree on a solution to the state’s housing crisis. Bridgeport police could be changing unions. And fiscal watchdogs say New York’s surplus won’t last.

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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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