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Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe, center, is congratulated Monday by staff sports columnist Rick Cleveland, right, after winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, as her mother, Bethel Wolfe, left, observes, at a celebration in Jackson, Miss. Wolfe was honored for her reporting on a $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in Mississippi's history.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Politics chat: Biden struggles with inflation; Jan. 6 committee hearings continue

Inflation continues to challenge the Biden administration. Meanwhile, the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues public hearings.

House committee prepares to hold its 8th public hearing on the events of Jan. 6

Members of the panel will focus on former President Donald Trump's inaction to stop the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This hearing is framed as a sort of summer capstone to the series of public hearings.

Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coal

Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.

Students arrive for the first day of in-person learning for five days per week at Stark Elementary School on March 10, 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut.

A leading Connecticut pediatrician on the threat posed by COVID, polio and monkeypox as the school year starts

As of Aug. 25, the Connecticut Department of Public Health said the state’s COVID positivity rate stood at 10.6%. So as a new school year begins, COVID still does not appear to be behind us.

Politics watchers turn their attention to New Hampshire for the first primary

With the Iowa Caucus behind them, Republican presidential candidates set their sights on New Hampshire voters — ahead of the state's primary next week.

Fact Checking Claims About Rise In Connecticut Car Thefts

A fatal hit-and-run by a teen allegedly driving a stolen vehicle has led to more debate about Connecticut’s juvenile justice reforms. State Republican lawmakers blame policy changes in Connecticut for a rise in car thefts by teens.This hour, we take a closer look at the data with the investigative editor of Connecticut Public’s new Accountability Project.

"No one understands it," says Sylvia Cunningham of how she and her husband, Brandon, holding Braxton, 2, got three of their children returned from foster care, including daughter Jordan, 17 (at left), but a court allowed one son to be placed for adoption because the Cunninghams had failed to pay part of the bill for foster care.

In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

UConn students Malin Rahm (left) and Sophie Coughlin take a tumble down a campus hill covered with fresh snow January 07, 2024. Up to 12-inches of snow are forecasted for parts of the Connecticut in the region’s first snow of the season.

After days of anticipation, CT relishes first snowstorm of the season

Snow swept across Connecticut this weekend, leaving residents to brush off cars, shovel sidewalks, and have some fun during the state’s first major snowstorm in more than a year.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., decided to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection after a bipartisan bill to set up an outside commission was filibustered by Senate Republicans.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Launches Select Committee To Probe Jan. 6 Insurrection

After Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create an outside independent commission to investigate the attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi said a special panel is needed to lead an investigation.

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