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Housing bill gutted

A view of a courtyard at the Palo Verde Apartments in Los Angeles.
Courtesy of LA Family Housing
A view of a courtyard at the Palo Verde Apartments in Los Angeles.

Connecticut and New York face challenges creating more affordable housing units. Newtown will not ban two books from its high school library, but will create a plan for more transparency. And how a part of our region was an inspiration for one prolific poet.

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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