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After All Things

New year, new wages

By Sabrina Garone
Published December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM EST
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The minimum wage in both Connecticut and New York will get a bump on January 1. New York is changing how child abuse reports are made. New research finds migrating birds will arrive in our region earlier this upcoming spring. Plus, the latest from WSHU's Good at Heart.

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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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