A majority of local lawmakers opted to pay for Medicaid and more over preserving surplus funds. The minority reacts. Plus, how did our state representatives and senators address climate change?

After months of hand-wringing over potential federal budget cuts and calls to breach the state’s “fiscal guardrails”, Connecticut lawmakers come closer to certainty as they reach the end-of-session-finish line.

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State lawmakers are foregoing budget caps to fund Medicaid. How might President Trump’s tax proposal, which calls for cuts to Medicaid, impact recipients in Connecticut and beyond?

President Trump wants to reopen the notorious maximum security prison known as Alcatraz. But why? This hour, the past, present, and future (?) of Alcatraz.

It has been five years since George Floyd was murdered. We'll discuss whether rates of police violence have changed and try to understand the broader historical context of 2020's protests.

Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz says hearing veterans' stories is more poignant now than ever. As the veterans continue to age, their numbers are dwindling rapidly.

SNAP benefits are federally funded, but the state shares costs. The proposed measure that could get a vote in the House seeks to put more expenses on the states.

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In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis five years ago, Connecticut enacted landmark police reform. This hour, what’s stuck, and what still needs to be done to protect Black lives?

In a recent piece for ‘The Atlantic,’ writer and critic Spencer Kornhaber wonders if this is the worst-ever era of American pop culture. And now The Nose wonders that, too.