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A yearly adjustment

Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont
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Connecticut will raise the minimum wage on January 1, 2024. Mayor Joe Ganim's opponent calls foul on alleged mishandling of absentee ballots. Slow courts dismiss more New Yorkers for failing to give them a speedy trial. And Asian-Americans are the country’s fastest growing racial on ethnic group.


Hear more from Ebong Udoma on this week's episode of Long Story Short, a collaborative podcast from WSHU and the CT Mirror — available online and wherever you get your podcasts.

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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