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On tax deadline day, commentator David Bouchier looks back on the sad history of anti-tax protests.

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.

Commentator David Bouchier remembers the student protests in May 1968 with just a touch of nostalgia.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Jessika Harkay to discuss her article, “For CT parents, special ed meetings with schools are ‘a battlefield,’” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

An environmental group sues BOEM over the location of two offshore wind projects. Lawyers for the alleged Long Island serial killer want files related to the ex-cop involved in the original investigation. Two Bridgeport ballot tampering complaints are now under state investigation. And Connecticut’s first female supreme court justice has died at the age of 94.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Tom Condon to discuss his article, “No walk in the park: Road design a threat to walkers and bikers,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Commentator David Bouchier hopes that voyagers from outer space will get here as soon as possible.

Fairgoers had a chance to share their concerns about climate change at Groton Public Library’s annual Earth Day expo last weekend, sponsored by WSHU. Police in New Haven say at least 45 Yale students were arrested during a protest this morning. New York lawmakers finished up the budget over the weekend. Long Island residents rallied against the climate record of U.S Representative Anthony D’Esposito. And this affordable housing effort in our region puts an emphasis on sustainability.

Our region is expected to face more hurricanes than normal this season. New York Democrats say the governor’s budget announcement this week was premature. Connecticut lawmakers say they’re focused on having a budget ready by deadline. New London waters have been identified as a hotspot for microplastics. Chemical cleanup has begun in Bethpage. And Sikorsky plans to lay off more Connecticut employees.

The Mark Twain classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gets a fresh retelling in Percival Everett’s new work: James: A Novel. This time we see the story through the eyes of Jim/James, a man who escapes slavery to keep his family together. Everett shares a deeply complex James who code-switches to survive. Here' WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum's review.