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New students entering school in Connecticut may not be welcome in the fall unless they’ve been vaccinated, making many parents unhappy. State lawmakers are considering a controversial bill that would remove the religious exemption for school vaccinations. We’ll discuss how Connecticut could learn from the fallout of a similar law in New York, with guests: Chris Keating, capitol bureau chief, Hartford Courant Saud Anwar, M.D., deputy president pro tem, Connecticut State Senate, D-South Windsor

Pam Parsons died of pancreatic cancer six years ago. Her husband, actor and Tony winner Jim Naughton, says she suffered. Now he supports legislation that would allow medical professionals to aid terminally ill patients in dying. We’ll discuss why legislation like this has languished in New York and Connecticut for years. Our guests: Jonathan Steinberg, Connecticut state representative, D-Westport James Naughton, actor; lost his wife to pancreatic cancer Eve Eliot, leader, New York's Aid in Dying

Long Island is the epicenter of the Opt Out movement in New York. A new book by its leaders explores why some parents refuse standardized testing for their children. It’s something Connecticut parents don't have a record of doing – until now. Our guests: Jeanette Deutermann, founder, Long Island Opt Out , and Lisa Rudley, Steering Committee members, NYS Allies for Public Education , and David Hursh, Ph.D., professor, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester ; co-authors, Opting Out:

Trash management is a real problem in many communities. Landfills are overflowing. Trucking garbage out-of-town is expensive and just puts the problem elsewhere. Some communities are looking to charge residents for trash collection based on the amount they throw away. We’ll discuss waste management, with guests: Fred Camillo, first selectman, Greenwich John Phetteplace, director, Department of Solid Waste and Recycling, Stonington Larry Swanson, Ph.D., director, Waste Reduction and Management

A record number of Long Island women are hunters. That's according to a report in The New York Times. Writer Charity Robey and several hunters highlight why women are taking up bow and gun to hunt deer. Critics, however, say no matter the gender, hunting is wrong. Our guests: Charity Robey, writer and columnist , Shelter Island Reporter, Newsday and The New York Times Katrina Talbot, wildlife biologist and coordinator, Becoming an Outdoors-Women, New York State Department of Environmental

A free speech watchdog gave poor marks to several Connecticut and Long Island colleges and universities on its annual scorecard. We’ll discuss why schools say students check some of their rights at the door when they agree to campus code of conducts, with guests: Will Creeley, senior VP of legal and public advocacy, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Nadine Strossen, former president, American Civil Liberties Union; John Harlan Marshall II Professor of Law, New York Law School Ben

Hackers have used viruses to infect and hold municipal and institutional computer systems hostage. It’s happened to school districts in Connecticut and on Long Island. We’ll discuss how cybersecurity experts will prepare for future ransomware attacks, while others try to pay the hackers' price, with guests: Robert Dillon, Ed.D., district superintendent, Nassau BOCES Phil Boyle, New York state senator, R-Bay Shore Harvey Kushner, Ph.D., chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Cybersecurity, and

First-term Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has been in office for a year. He talks about stalled plans for tolls, conflicting environmental policies, a lofty proposal to fund education, and makes his case for living and working in Connecticut...next time on The Full Story.

In honor of Presidents Day, we will be highlighting the U.S. Presidents from our region: Teddy Roosevelt from Oyster Bay on Long Island, George H.W. Bush from Greenwich, Connecticut, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt from Hyde Park, New York. Our guests: Timothy Naftali, Ph.D., CNN presidential historian, author, and clinical associate professor of history and clinical associate professor of public service, New York University Gary Rose, Ph.D., professor and chair, department of government, politics

Social workers who strive to protect kids from harm have long struggled with too many cases. Efforts in Connecticut have led to the lowest level of caseloads in 30 years. But in New York, the death of an 8-year-old boy from Long Island shows there’s more work to done. We'll discuss how caseworkers try to keep up, with guests: Rachelle Blidner and Michael O'Keefe, reporters, Newsday Gary Kleeblatt, communications director, Connecticut Department of Children and Families Richard Morgan, Ph.D.,