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Access to education

By Sabrina Garone
Published April 16, 2024 at 4:12 PM EDT
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont — Middletown, Conn.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont — Middletown, Conn.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Connecticut to discuss educational opportunities for incarcerated people. Connecticut income tax returns will play a role in this year’s budget talks. The NYPD faces its lowest number of officers in over three decades. And Governor Hochul announced a tentative budget deal for New York.

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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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