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After All Things

A safer state

By Sabrina Garone
Published October 18, 2023 at 5:47 PM EDT
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Members of the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Unit on scene.
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Members of the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Unit on scene.

Violent crime in Connecticut fell 13% between 2021 and 2022. Bridgeport’s mayor testified in court yesterday over a mail-in ballot scandal. Yale New Haven Health’s purchase of three Connecticut hospitals comes to a halt. And why one New England tradition looks a bit different this year.

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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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