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Governor Hochul wants 15,000 housing units built on state land to address a housing shortage in New York. The Connecticut Attorney General has closed an investigation into the Connecticut Port Authority. A new study looks at the role SUNY has played in the local economy. And a new effort is exposing college students to careers in local journalism.

In her latest novel, The Vixen Amber Holloway, New York author Carol LaHines crafts a tense psychological tale where a Dante scholar descends into her own personal hell. Our book critic, Joan Baum, had this review.

Advocates say a Connecticut law meant to create more diversity in small business needs improvement. An executive order in Nassau bans trans-women from competing in women’s sports. And Connecticut officials warn residents about more sophisticated phone scams.

Yale University Press has published a catalog highlighting rarely-seen drawings and prints by the pre-eminent Renaissance Italian painter, Botticelli. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.

A group of ultra-right extremists in New York City organized to overthrow the U.S. government. And they nearly succeed. It was just one plot in a broad effort to replace Democracy with Fascism in the 1940’s. Our book critic Joan Baum read all about it in journalist Rachel Maddow’s latest work, Prequel.

Long Island nurses in the Northwell Health system avoid a strike. Governor Lamont wants Connecticut towns to share some resources. Offshore wind projects planned for Long Island’s south shore get final federal approval. And has Connecticut’s increased minimum wage created a living wage?

The minimum wage in Connecticut is now $15 an hour. But it doesn’t end there. The minimum wage law allows for yearly increases to keep up with inflation. Will this new adjustment help to workers in the state earn a living wage?

Governor Lamont endorses Joe Ganim for mayor of Bridgeport. A new Siena College poll doesn’t look good for Governor Hochul. Connecticut Democrats lay out their legislative priorities. And this year marks the 100th anniversary of New York’s state parks!

Fairfield County has some of the worst ozone pollution on the eastern seaboard. Southampton will again delay construction of a battery energy storage system. And Connecticut university officials are not happy with proposed cuts in funding.

Commentator David Bouchier observes that the politics of the ancient Roman empire sounds all too familiar.