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Top priorities

By Sabrina Garone
Published April 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
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Senator Chris Murphy visited eastern Connecticut this week to provide local leaders and businesses with an update on his work in Washington. New York and New England are seeing an increased risk of fire this week. Incumbent Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim is out-fundraising his opponents. And Governor Hochul has selected a new nominee for New York’s chief judge.

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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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