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Connecticut will spend $5 million on flood mitigation in Stratford. Nassau Republicans select their candidate for NY-04. A controversial water sale is back before Connecticut regulators. Plus, the latest from WSHU’s Long Story Short.

Bird flu has been ripping through Long Island’s East End. Volunteers has collected more than 11,000 pounds of trash during a recent cleanup of our region’s beaches. Connecticut lawmakers advance a handful of bills in response to ICE activity. Plus, it’s the latest from WSHU’s The Making of U.S.

Gas prices are up 80 cents around the region over the last month. Connecticut and New York attorneys general have sued to stop a merger between two companies that own and operate local television stations.. Plus, Connecticut lawmakers will consider legislation that would allow off duty police officers to carry firearms in public schools.

What does it mean to be a good digital citizen? Connecticut sees a dramatic decrease in overdose deaths. Breaking down a bill in New York on food transparency. Plus, several Connecticut schools have refused visits from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Theo Peck-Suzuki to discuss his article, “Most agree CT schools should restrict cellphones. But how — and how much?” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

A group of Senate Democrats want to cease all regular chamber business until they address the war in Iran. The state of Nassau county is strong. Plus, Bridgeport school officials have asked for a serious funding boost.

Connecticut and New York are unhappy with a settlement between Live Nation and the U.S. Justice Department. Some environmental and government watchdog agencies are criticizing Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration. Plus, some CT lawmakers want to close a loophole related to automatic-weapons.

Our region joins a lawsuit over new global tariffs. Senator Murphy wants to restrict government officials from using online prediction markets. Plus, a new report finds chemical contamination in certain vegetables grown on Long Island’s East End.

New York’s Senators want to save small businesses from tariffs. Connecticut Republicans want to block the sale of Aquarion water. Plus, calls are surging at the CT hotline that connects people with housing and social services.

It’s a vintage hardboiled detective novel, complete with greed, addiction, a mysterious death, and lots of colorful language. But WSHU’s Book Critic, Joan Baum, said Raymond Chandler’s iconic work, The Long Goodbye, and Chandler himself, are so much more.