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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas to discuss his article, “Does Trump define the CT GOP? ‘Wrong question,’ says chair,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

New York’s registered voters picked Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin and Governor Kathy Hochul in the Republican Party and Democratic Party primary elections on Tuesday. Hochul hopes to become the first woman elected governor of New York — Zeldin might be tough to beat.

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.

Data from other states suggest COVID-19 transmission amongst kids is low, as long as masks are used.