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The Connecticut legislative session starts tomorrow. A New York teachers union sues the state over proposed Long Island charter schools. Plus, how a stroke survivor found purpose helping others heal.

Officials break down a new Suffolk law to combat human trafficking. Fairfield will hold a special election tomorrow for the town’s first selectperson. Plus, Marty Looney prepares for a record 11th year as a Connecticut Senate leader.

Democrats look to expand a Connecticut civil rights law in response to recent ICE activity. Some big changes are coming to the New York DMV. Plus, a dietitian explains what new guidance from the federal government gets right and wrong about nutrition.

New York could roll back an environmental impact process to fast-track affordable housing. Environmental advocates want Connecticut to ban mini liquor bottles. New data reveals just how bad homelessness has gotten on Long Island. Connecticut service plaza workers ask for better pay after unionizing. Plus, a walk through Connecticut’s only contemporary art museum.

In Heartwood, Valerie Gill disappears while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Lost in the woods and her grief, her vanishing raises questions as a tense search unfolds. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum says it’s a stunning suspense novel.

A preview of Government Lamont’s state of the state address. Suffolk officials start to move ahead with a long awaited rebuild of a Smithtown dam. Plus, are we headed toward another government shutdown? Breaking down how we got here.

Governor Hochul moves to curb federal removals of undocumented immigrants. Connecticut lawmakers head back to Hartford next week. A settlement reached with the mother of eight year old Thomas Valva is uncertain. Plus, activists criticize the timing of the removal of a New Haven homeless encampment.

Connecticut K-12 students can again get free school meals, but only through the end of this school year. New York republicans sue for a full senate vote on Hector LaSalle as chief judge. Bridgeport’s mayor faces yet another controversy as he seeks reelection this year. And one of the oldest known printed objects in the world has a new home at Yale.

Governor Kathy Hochul said Patchogue is a great example of her housing vision for Long Island. Connecticut lawmakers consider lowering the blood alcohol limit. Fourteen protestors were arrested for disorderly conduct in Hartford. And meet a Mashantucket woman who is redefining leadership in her community.

WSHU’s Davis Dunavin spoke with CT Mirror’s Tom Condon to discuss his article, “Does CT need 169 municipalities? Some say merging makes sense,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.