Senate Democrats are demanding that Governor Lamont and Legislative Leadership take action to protect the immigrant communities during the upcoming special session. There’s especially a focus on ICE raids at state courthouses. We spoke with Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox about this.
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It’s official: there will be a special election in Fairfield. Yesterday was the deadline to collect signatures in town that would support a special election for first selectman. State Senator Tony Hwang initiated the effort and says more than 3-thousand signatures were collected beyond the 5% needed to approve an election. First Selectwoman Christine Vitale was unanimously appointed to the job last month by 10 Democratic leaders following the passing of Bill Gerber. It’s not clear when the special election will happen.
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We met democratic candidate for mayor of Shelton, Bette Lynn Paez.
To learn more: https://paez4mayor.com/
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There was a huge meeting yesterday where superintendents from across the state took part in the annual State Dept of Education Commissioner’s Back-to-School Meeting for the 2025-26 school year. Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, was there and shared some key takeaways.
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Host Paul Pacelli chose Tuesday Primary Day in Connecticut to look at a recent New York Times breakdown of voting trends between Democrats and Republicans, with some troubling numbers for the Democratic Party (00:52). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio used her weekly update to chat about some controversial remarks from a state legislator regarding Connecticut residents who choose not to attend college (15:06). University of New Haven Associate Professor of Accounting, Finance, and Taxation Dr. Jim Mohs dropped by to talk about the nation’s economy, including the controversies over tariffs and job numbers (24:27). CBS News Reporter Aaron Navarro joined us from Washington with the latest on ICE deportations and more possible expanded enforcement (33:25)
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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off another week on “Connecticut Today” looking at a recent CT Insider investigation into some high-dollar state employees who work remotely and reside outside Connecticut (00:32). State House GOP leader Vin Candelora joined us to chat about rumors that state pension money might be used to invest in the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun (16:53)
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A new report from United Way shows that more and more Connecticut residents are falling under the “Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed,” also known as ALICE population. How many people are we talking and why are the numbers going up drastically? We asked Daniel Fitzmaurice, Director of Advocacy for United Way of Connecticut.
For the full ALICE report: https://www.unitedforalice.org/key-findings/connecticut
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Amid an investigation of an alleged captivity case in Waterbury and many other criticisms towards the Department of Children and Families, the commissioner retired. A new interim commissioner has been appointed but there are still a lot of questions following the abrupt exit of the former commissioner. We talked more about it with Senator Jason Perillo, ranking senator for the Committee on Children.
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There are a few forums and events coming up this month and next between Derby and Ansonia. From a senior fair to veterans’ forum and finally an education forum, we got the details from State Representative Kara Rochelle.
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