Ebong Udoma

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Correspondent at WSHU-FM (Fairfield, CT)

Host at WPKN-FM (Bridgeport, CT)

WSHU's CT state capitol correspondent and WPKN's Wednesday morning host

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CT families respond to RFK Jr.’s autism remarks

1 week ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma |Sabrina Garone

Connecticut families are responding to the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about autism. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Laura Tillman to discuss her article, “After RFK Jr. autism claims, CT families respond — one with a poem,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. WSHU: How did the story about Connecticut families and their reaction to RFK's comments about the autistic come about?
CT officials say cuts to federal digital equity programs will hurt residents

1 week ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Connecticut officials say the state is committed to bridging the digital divide despite a $20 million cut in federal funding for affordable broadband and digital equity programs. Earlier this month, state agencies were notified that the Trump administration was terminating their grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
CT Gov. Ned Lamont is 'seriously' considering a 3rd term in 2026

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Connecticut Democratic Governor Ned Lamont says he is seriously considering seeking a third term in office in 2026. He’s leaning toward running for a third term because of his experience steering the state during the last two years of President Donald Trump’s first term in Washington, he said in response to questions at a news conference he’d called to discuss the just-concluded 2025 state legislative session. “It’s also an incredibly complicated time right now.
CT climate resilience bill might mitigate loss of federal funding

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

A climate resilience bill passed by Connecticut lawmakers in the 2025 General Assembly could help the state weather cuts to federal funding that helps communities prepare for natural disasters. That’s according to Katie Dykes, the commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. She spoke at an energy and environment conference in Bristol on Wednesday, which the Connecticut Business and Industry Association organized.
CT officials celebrate affordable housing development in West Hartford

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Connecticut officials celebrated the opening of 65 redeveloped apartments at a senior housing complex in West Hartford on Thursday. The apartments are the first phase of a $100 million redevelopment and expansion of more than 200 units for seniors and people with disabilities at the half-century-old West Hartford Fellowship Housing campus. The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority is involved with financing the project. Lt. Gov.
Lamont urged to sign controversial CT affordable housing bill

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

The sponsor of Connecticut’s controversial affordable housing bill wants Governor Ned Lamont to sign the bill before calling lawmakers for a special session to make revisions. Opponents, mainly from Fairfield County towns, are lobbying Lamont to veto the bill. They say it’s a heavy-handed state mandate to build affordable housing by overriding local zoning. In response, Lamont said he’s considering calling lawmakers into a special session to make revisions.
Push for universal free school breakfast fails in CT legislature

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Universal free breakfast in Connecticut public schools is one of hundreds of proposals that died in this year’s state legislative session. The proposal was in Governor Ned Lamont’s biennial budget. Jeff Beckham, Lamont's budget director, said it didn’t survive the final budget negotiations between Lamont and the Democratic leaders in the General Assembly. “The governor proposed the $700,000 in both years that would have gotten rid of the reduced-price tier. They would have gotten it for free.
These CT crafters are knitting for a cause

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma |Molly Ingram

All over the country, knitters are standing at the ready to finish projects for people who no longer can. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Ginny Monk to discuss her article, “Through ‘Loose Ends,’ CT crafters complete unfinished projects,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. Read Ginny’s story here. WSHU: Hello, Ginny. This is a fascinating story. How did you get into it? Are you into knitting yourself? GM: I am into knitting.
CT lawmakers act on energy bill as regular legislative session nears the end

3 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Connecticut lawmakers have acted on a bipartisan bill to reduce the high cost of electricity as part of a frenzy of activity leading up to the end of their legislative session on Wednesday. The bill would reduce the public benefits charge on electricity bills and save the average Connecticut resident about $10 a month. House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora (R-North Branford), who helped write the bill, said businesses would save more.
CT's 2-year budget deal scraps child tax credit for the middle class

3 weeks ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and state lawmakers reached a deal on the state’s $55 billion two-year budget by agreeing to scrap a child tax credit for the middle class. Lamont opposed the $150 per child tax credit for couples earning up to $200,000 but accepted a Democratic proposal to have a $250 per child credit for families who qualify for the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit. Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford) said it would cost less money and benefit the state’s neediest families.