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Rock on, Connecticut!

Keith Richards speaks at the Westport Library after being awarded the Governor’s Award of Excellence in Connecticut.
Molly Ingram
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Keith Richards speaks at the Westport Library after being awarded the Governor’s Award of Excellence in Connecticut.

Rock legend Keith Richards receives a key to the state of Connecticut. Congressman Nick LaLota of Long Island says he supports an overhaul of Medicaid funding. One of the region's major immigrant resettlement agencies will downsize. Suffolk County plans one of its largest gatherings of veterans for later this month. Plus, advocates say they’re disappointed with Connecticut’s enforcement of its Clean Slate law.

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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