Monday’s “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli welcomed University of New Haven criminal justice lecturer and former Supervisory Secret Service Agent Bobby McDonald to talk about Monday’s school shooting in Madison, WI (00:32). CTNewsJunkie columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill dropped by to chat about more parental control over social media use by kids (06:52)
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Lisa Wexler covers caller questions about how to determine an executor fee for an estate? How to understand if your attorney fees are too high? What if you don’t agree if the judge’s decisions? What is the appeals process in probate court? What is the difference between making kids beneficiaries of bank accounts instead of creating a trust? Do you always need a lawyer when a person passes?
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There have been a lot of shakeups for the Bridgeport school district. In the last month, major budget cuts were announced, a new board chair was voted in and the superintendent resigned. So, what does this all mean for the 19,000 district students? We got perspective from Fran Rabinowitz, Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents.
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Mysterious drones continue to take center stage in the news since sightings have been reported in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. We spoke with Congressman Jim Himes, who serves Connecticut’s 4th District and is also the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He shared his perspective on the theories being thrown out there about the drones and the lack of communication around drone activity in general.
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A report of a threat targeting Greens Farms Elementary School in Westport has been deemed a hoax and was a swatting attempt. Police say Westport is one of several schools in Connecticut that were victims of swatting incidents on Friday. The next day, Bridgeport police cleared a hoax bomb threat at St. Margaret’s Shrine and called that a swatting incident as well. We did a deep dive into swatting incidents with Jim Perez during Crime on the Mind.
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On today’s show, Mike is joined by State Senator Ryan Fazio, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives Matt Ritter, State Representative Vincent Candelora, Chairman of the New Haven County Young Republicans Patrick Burland, and State Representative-elect Joe Canino.
Host Paul Pacelli talked to several listeners on Friday’s “Connecticut Today” regarding reported drone sightings across the Northeast, including in New Jersey and – possibly – in Connecticut (00:28). GOP State Sen. Dr. Jeff Gordon dropped by to talk about a new survey concerning Connecticut electric bills (14:34)
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This weekend marks the 12-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. We spoke with Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise about the work this non-profit has done and accomplished in the last decade.
For more information: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/
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Dozens of witnesses started reporting that they spotted drones in New Jersey in November. Yesterday, our partners at CBS confirmed sightings of these drones in New York City. And last night, a woman at the Fairfield train station took to X, posting videos of five drones hovering in the sky. We spoke with CBS Correspondent Tom Hanson about the mysterious drones ((00:00)) and one of our law enforcement experts, Gary MacNamara, about the concern around this. ((9:03))
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