Seven million dollars in federal grant money is being invested into opioid response strategies in Connecticut. We noticed four of the seven municipalities getting in on this money, are right here in Fairfield County (Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich.) We spoke with Luiza Barnat is the Opioid Services Director at the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services about what the money will do.
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Teacher burnout is still a big problem in Connecticut. The Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the state’s largest teachers’ union, released results from its latest statewide survey, highlighting an ongoing crisis in the teaching profession and the urgent need for greater support for public education. CEA President, Kate Dias, did a deeper dive into the challenges an average teacher faces contributing to teacher shortage.
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THE DR. IS IN! with Northwell Health’s Dr. Bushra Mina, Chairman of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital. November is COPD and Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Mina joins Lisa Wexler to discuss prevention tips, signs and symptoms.
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Thank you to everyone who donated to our Voice of CT Smart MLS Great Fairfield County Food Drive 🦃🥫 The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County,Inc. and Bridgeport Rescue Mission will be able to help feed so many this holiday season thanks to your help! Thank you to our partners Genesis of Ridgefield, East Haven & Ridgefield Building Supply and Palmer’s Market
How do you connect to the young people around the Thanksgiving table without being shut down in conversation immediately? We spoke with career strategist, Julie Bauke, about alternative conversation starters instead of work-related topics.
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AI Technology has come to Bridgeport as the first city to bring these cameras online in a widespread way. Investigative reporter, Jeff Derderian, took a closer look at this new technology helping catch violators bypassing school buses illegally.
For Jeff’s full story: https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/bridgeport-buses-use-ai-cameras-to-catch-violators/
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s bipartisan Slow Down Move Over resolution was passed by the US Senate last week. We spoke with Fran Mayko of Flagman Inc. about the recent national attention and its significance to Thanksgiving week.
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A recent report showed Connecticut Unemployment Rates are the lowest they’ve been in 23 years. How is that happening and is that a good thing? We did a deeper dive into the data with Patrick Flaherty, Director of Research at Connecticut’s Department of Labor.
For more information for job seekers: https://portal.ct.gov/cthires
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Host Paul Pacelli opened Monday’s “Connecticut Today” with some startling new numbers regarding recent accidents involving Connecticut school busses (00:34). We also aired remarks from State DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto about safety on Connecticut roads and the continued installation of wrong-way driver alert systems (14:39). Former CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief Beth Knobel discussed the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine (19:22)
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Lisa Wexler covers audience questions about what happens to Social Security disability benefits after the person’s death? How to get a will, who creates it and are possessions listed in it? How does a living trust avoid probate? If you name a beneficiary payable on death, does that protect the assets? What forms are needed? How to get your money back when the out-of-state debtor stops paying? How do you open a special needs trust fund?
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