This hour on Where We Live, we hear the final episode of Connecticut Public’s new podcast, 'In Absentia.’ This four-part investigation looks into political dysfunction in Bridgeport.

After announcing the termination of 162 teaching positions Hartford Public Schools the district said they recently were able to reduce that number to 30.

Mayor Joe Ganim keeps winning elections with the support of Bridgeport’s Democratic political machine. Machine politics has a rich and controversial history in the United States. Today, critics say it’s thriving in Bridgeport — and that it’s holding the city back.

The pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University have ebbed for the time being, as students prepared for their final exams. But some students are working through what they saw, including the surrealism of seeing intra-student disputes suddenly gaining national attention.

With just a month left in Connecticut’s legislative session and the failure to pass major climate legislation last year still fresh, lawmakers are advocating for a wide-ranging proposal to combat climate change.

But towns across Connecticut need more funding for early voting for November’s general election, the secretary of the state said.

Connecticut’s Presidential primary is Tuesday and thousands of people have already cast their ballot in-person through early voting.

Connecticut became the first state in the country to require that high schools offer courses on Black and Latino studies. And schools across the state are incorporating the courses into their schedules.

“The last thing that we want in Connecticut is a population of feral pigs,” one lawmaker said.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim won another term in office Tuesday, ending an election contest that was upended by allegations of voting misconduct by Ganim’s supporters.