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New York lifts its mask mandate in hospitals, but many choose to keep the policy in place. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) calls one Fairfield County community a model for affordable housing. Governor Ned Lamont’s budget proposal includes help for first-time home buyers. And a lawsuit in Connecticut is challenging a pandemic-era executive order.

A bi-partisan group of lawmakers have proposed an additional $2 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program. Northwell Health considers screening patients to help reduce gun violence. Advocates call for a now-closed Middletown youth prison to be demolished. And both sides of the aisle have their issues with Governor Kathy Hochul’s plans for minimum wage.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck Syria and Turkey, which are still devastated from an earthquake earlier this month. Bridgeport needs more federal funding to complete a storm resiliency project. New research in Connecticut takes a look at unconscious bias in emergency rooms. And what happens next after New York State Senate has, for the first time ever, rejected a governor’s choice for chief judge.

Connecticut childcare providers demand more state funding. Hospitals are in worse financial shape than before the pandemic. Advocates want more money for New York’s farm safety program. A first in the nation police training involved Connecticut residents getting drunk and high for a day. And climate change is fueling an interest in protecting the local water supply.

WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke with CT Mirror’s Andrew Brown to discuss his article, “This CT town might buy first selectwoman's family’s land for a new school,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Advocates say a composting bill in Connecticut doesn’t go far enough. Another bill in the state would change how juveniles in custody are interrogated. New York officials question pharmacy chains about access to abortion medication. And a controversy over the construction of a new Connecticut elementary and middle school.

A bill in Connecticut would increase access to maternal health services, like licensing free-standing birthing centers outside of hospitals. A Long Islander is New York’s new GOP chairman. Some Stamford residents were left disturbing propaganda in their front yards over the weekend. And a bill in New York would protect first amendment rights for student journalists.

Commentator David Bouchier discovers that handymen are a thing of the past.

With an incinerator in Hartford that burns trash to generate energy set to close, what are the alternatives? And are there programs to develop safer, more environmentally friendly systems of managing waste?

Advocates say Connecticut needs to step up its emission goals to prevent the worst of climate change.