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Passengers wait for a Long Island Rail Road train to depart for its inaugural trip from Jamaica station towards Grand Central Terminal, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in the Queens borough of New York. After years of delays and massive cost overruns, the railway project has begun shuttling its first passengers between Long Island to the latest addition to New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal, dubbed Grand Central Madison because of its location along Madison Avenue. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Full Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central opened Monday. West Haven’s financial director steps down amid a possible state takeover. New legislation would create an English learners bill of rights in Connecticut. And are your recyclables actually getting recycled?

FILE - A Native American feather bonnet from 1890 made of eagle feathers, rooster hackles, wood rods, porcupine hair, wool cloth, felt, and glass beads, is displayed as part of the exhibition, "Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West," at the High Museum of Art on Oct. 31, 2013, in Atlanta. Federal penalties have increased under a newly signed law Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, intended to protect the cultural patrimony of Native American tribes. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Protection and repatriation

New Haven’s Peabody Museum has almost 90% of unreturned remains from Connecticut tribes. Suffolk veterans are urged to apply for health and disability benefits. Rep. Jahana Hayes wants to declare racism a public health crisis. And once deemed controversial, psychedelics are being considered to treat PTSD.

Sound studies

Nine research projects studying the Long Island Sound have received funding from Connecticut and New York agencies. New York housing advocates are confused over a recent comment from the governor. Connecticut-based Pratt and Whitney announced a new multi-billion dollar deal. And get to know the U.S. Treasurer and Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, Lynn Malerba.

Taking on Urban Trauma

What happens to people in a community where violence is a common occurrence? It can lead to urban trauma.

Restoring SALT

Some members of Congress come together to push for tax relief for middle class Americans. Activists call for stronger regulations to improve air quality in Connecticut. Suffolk County downplays reports of a January cyber incursion. And how the Shinnecock Tribal Nation is using art to tell a lesser-known part of their history.

A dancer participates in an intertribal dance at Schemitzun on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Mashantucket, Conn., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Connecticut and a handful of other states have recently decided to mandate students be taught about Native American culture and history. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Pequot country

Connecticut’s tribes need to agree on a new name for the Thames River. Lawmakers can’t seem to agree on a solution to the state’s housing crisis. Bridgeport police could be changing unions. And fiscal watchdogs say New York’s surplus won’t last.

Fighting nature with nature

Coastal resilience for Connecticut and Long Island, Suffolk red light camera fees are ended, and Indigenous curriculum for Connecticut.

Conserve and preserve

Over $10 million in grants will go to 41 projects to preserve Long Island Sound. Connecticut municipalities take a “civil pledge” towards respectful engagement with residents. The state will receive millions in a national settlement with drugstores, and how a surge of evictions are impacting children.

A woman holds a candle at a "Justice for Breonna" vigil in Boston.

A renewed call for action

The Newtown Action Alliance calls for renewed action against gun violence in Washington D.C. Michael Valva will serve 25 to life for the murder of his son. Governor Kathy Hochul is warning New Yorkers of another COVID surge. And the state’s attorney general takes heat for the inappropriate actions of her longtime chief of staff.

Thanksgiving for all

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