All Environment
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Fewer students are enrolling into Connecticut public pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. But state education officials said this is a trend that’s been happening since before the pandemic.
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The Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with Senator Ted Cruz, agreeing that a federal ban on outsiders repaying a candidate's campaign loan to himself violates the guarantee of free speech.
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In a key swing state, Pennsylvania's highest court is weighing a challenge to a state law that's expanded mail-in voting. The challenge was put forth in part by 11 GOP lawmakers who voted for the law.
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The Freddy Fixer parade has been a source of pride in New Haven’s Black community since 1962. But the pandemic posed a serious threat to arts and cultural organizations, stopping public events and pausing traditional fundraisers. And though the nation has slowly reopened, even as COVID positivity rates climb again, organizations like this one are still feeling the financial hangover that has come with two years of dormancy.
Climate
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Know what you are putting on your lawn, when you should put it on, and why you are putting it on.
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As capacity shortages in slaughterhouses complicate business for livestock farmers, two specialty sausage makers are starting their own animal processing facility.
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A team of researchers at the University of New Hampshire is studying how to protect salt marshes from the effects of climate change.
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A $4 million project aims to restore flows in a once-maligned Connecticut salt marsh.
Science
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: Occam’s razor — where the principle came from, how it impacts science, its role in medicine, and how it shapes our daily lives.
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People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.
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This episode of Audacious is tops! Meet the first African-American to summit Everest, a candidate for a body transplant, and members of a UK school who beat the record for the tallest stack of hats!
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, our tribute to flies. Plus a look at David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of, you guessed it: ‘The Fly.’