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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Ally LeMaster to discuss her article written with Luke Feeney, “CT: ‘Safe haven’ for transgender youth? For some, not safe enough,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Get excited! A new season of the WSHU podcast Off the Path debuts May 10. Also, Connecticut — like the rest of the U.S. — needs lifeguards. And Long Island school districts are paying sexual abuse settlements.

Connecticut Republicans say they’re not happy with how the session went this year. The future of Brookhaven Landfill was the topic of a closed-door meeting with Suffolk officials today. Hundreds of MTA workers racked up six-figure overtime payments last year. And an Equal Rights Amendment to New York’s constitution will not be on the ballot this November.

Connecticut schools slowly recover from chronic absenteeism. New York’s attorney general is appealing a decision that removed the Equal Rights Amendment from the November ballot. Community health officials want Connecticut parents to take advantage of the Baby Bond Program. A new fund will provide aid to families of Connecticut police killed in the line of duty. And Connecticut needs more housing, but what’s the best way to go about it?

New York's first commercial kelp farm has been harvested on Long Island. A report finds nearly half a million Connecticut residents don’t have enough to eat. Kosta Diamantis has been arrested. And a look at an effort to revitalize the Shinnecock language.

Researchers with the Long Island Sound Study are getting $2 million in federal funding. A closer look at Chris Murphy’s reelection campaign. Empire Wind 1 gets final approval for construction. Nursing homes continue to close all across New England. And more from WSHU’s new series Off the Plank.

Coastal Connecticut prepares for an intense hurricane season. Changes to federal student financial aid hurt SUNY. Friday is two years since the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. And there are some tough questions for leaders of New York’s legal cannabis market.

Long Island Congressman Nick LaLota wants the cap on SALT deductions lifted. Senator Blumenthal will lead a senate hearing with Boeing next week. Shinnecock kelp farmers protest a Suffolk aquaculture program. ECSU joins a growing list of Connecticut schools pushing their enrollment deadlines. And how COVID-related shortages are still impacting the military.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari to discuss his article written with José Luis Martínez, “CT ‘red flag’ law is being applied unevenly, analysis shows,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Governor Lamont encourages more Connecticut schools to install solar panels. New York state can now sue Nassau over a ban on transgender women playing on women’s sports teams. Thousands of UConn basketball fans showed up in Hartford to celebrate the Huskies’ big win. Absenteeism rates in Long Island schools have not bounced back since COVID. And an analysis finds Connecticut’s red flag laws are used differently throughout the state.