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After All Things

A wintery weekend

By Sabrina Garone
Published January 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM EST
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Connecticut will get its first significant snowfall in two years this weekend. An investigation finds a Connecticut state agency broke the rules when it issued a contract to a private IT firm. Ed Romaine makes his first executive order as Suffolk County Executive. And advocates are disappointed over a number of bills vetoed by Governor Hochul at the end of the year.

After All Things
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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