Ebong Udoma

3 days ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma |Molly Ingram

William “Willie” Dellacamera made headlines last year when he drove his tractor from Connecticut to Washington, D.C to advocate for emergency disaster funding for small farms like his. Last week, he went back with a new issue in mind. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Lisa Hagen to discuss her article, “With federal funding in flux, a CT farmer went back to Washington,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. Read Lisa’s story here.

6 days ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

The Connecticut House has approved requiring health insurance providers to cover biomarker testing, a process that involves using genome sequencing to diagnose disease more accurately. It's been effective in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, said Rep. Jane Garibay (D-Windsor), the chair of the Aging Committee. “So if you know you have the Alzheimer gene, there are two medicines out there now that you can be prescribed, that would make your days healthier, longer,” she said.

6 days ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

On Wednesday, the Connecticut House approved expanding state regulation of large warehouse distribution centers and how they monitor the productivity and performance of their workers. The bill would require that warehouse owners with more than 100 employees in one location provide workers with detailed productivity metrics and explain any changes to their daily quota.

1 week ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Some Connecticut Democrats want to make it easier for incarcerated eligible voters to cast their ballots. The bill would ensure that state residents who are unaware that they are eligible to vote, even if they’ve had a felony arrest, get an opportunity to vote, according to proponents. The goal is to expand voter participation, said state Rep. Matt Blumenthal, the co-chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, and sponsor of the bill.

1 week ago | wshu.org | Ebong Udoma

Two Connecticut lawmakers – one federal, one state – want stronger government regulation of social media platforms. It’s in response to reports that Meta’s AI-powered chatbots on Facebook and Instagram are engaging in sexually explicit conversations with children. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said it's unacceptable that social media AI chatbots are having explicit conversations with children and are often using the voices of celebrities and fictional characters. “There are solutions.