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No negotiations

By Sabrina Garone
Published May 19, 2023 at 3:59 PM EDT
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A Republican push for stricter work requirements on food stamps gets dismissed. The VA says they’ll work to address service member exposure to toxic chemicals. Some Long Island towns are seeing a big population drop. And a viral Facebook post sparks an initiative to better detect mold in military housing.

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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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