WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour – Frankie’s Diner

WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour – Frankie’s Diner

The WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour has come to a close. There’s only one place that could wrap up such an amazing seven weeks and that was Frankie’s Diner in Bridgeport. Some of the great guests sthat stopped by Frankie’s included Mayor Joe Ganim, a group of Bridgeport teachers, the University of Bridgeport and the executive of the Barnum Museum. A huge thank you to those who helped make this year’s diner tour truly special, including our sponsors (Brown Roofing, AARP Connecticut, the Connecticut Education Association, and Maritime Chevrolet) as well as the various members of our engineering department and promotions department who helped put the events on as well as all of the listeners who stopped by the diners and made it spectacular! We’ll See You Next Year For Year 3!

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CT Today With Paul Pacelli – Your Ability To Protest Isn’t Going Away

CT Today With Paul Pacelli – Your Ability To Protest Isn’t Going Away

Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Wednesday’s “Connecticut Today” criticizing some area politicians and media outlets for insinuating that peaceful, lawful protesting in Connecticut is somehow being threatened by the Trump White House (00:46). Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti dropped by to chat about recent controversies surrounding his city’s finances (15:16). Hearst Connecticut Media senior editor and columnist Dan Haar described a push by some left-leaning Democrats against a 2026 re-election run by Gov. Ned Lamont and the latest on a controversial housing bill (24:12). CT169Strong’s Maria Weingarten talked about a statement released by majority State Senate Democrats in Hartford about that housing bill (35:11)

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Melissa in the Morning: Defense Spending

Melissa in the Morning: Defense Spending

A new report was released showing the top ten states that are invested in the most by the US Department of Defense. Connecticut landed at number 6. We spoke with Senator Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who often voices on matters like national security, Dept. of Defense budgets, military operations, and weapons systems.

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Melissa in the Morning: “Is this a Joke?!”

Melissa in the Morning: “Is this a Joke?!”

Governor Lamont wants to bring lawmakers back to Hartford to do more work on the controversial, massive housing bill that passed during the session. The governor cannot decide whether to veto it or sign it into law; it seems he’s leaning into a compromise approach. But state Republicans, including Senator Steve Harding, are less than impressed with that approach. We spoke with the Senate Minority Leader about it.

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Melissa in the Morning: Housing and UI Monopoles

Melissa in the Morning: Housing and UI Monopoles

We spoke with Fairfield First Selectman Bill Gerber about housing and the proposals around UI monopoles. Gerber wrote a letter to the governor urging him to veto the massive housing bill (House Bill 5002). We asked him about his take on the controversial legislation and its impact on Fairfield. We also talked about a hearing this week around the latest move to bring UI monopoles to the town.

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CT Today With Paul Pacelli – How About Blaming The Violent Demonstrators?

CT Today With Paul Pacelli – How About Blaming The Violent Demonstrators?

Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday’s edition of “Connecticut Today” with remarks from State Attorney General William Tong and Gov. Ned Lamont regarding the deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marine troops to Los Angeles (00:52). Landmark Legal Foundation Vice-President of Legal Affairs Mike O’Neill talked about the likely challenges to President Trump’s deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles (16:38). Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Executive Director and CEO Joe DeLong talked about this year’s General Assembly session and a controversial housing bill that Gov. Ned Lamont is threatening to veto (23:00). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio talked about ongoing issues for Connecticut electric customers and last week’s conclusion of the General Assembly’s session (28:30)

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The Youngest Woman To Complete The Seven Summits

The Youngest Woman To Complete The Seven Summits

Emma Schwerin, the youngest woman to complete all seven summits joins Lisa Wexler to talk about how and why she achieved this record-breaking feat.

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Melissa in the Morning: AI Hiring Practices

Melissa in the Morning: AI Hiring Practices

A March 2025 survey of 1,200 British and American job hunters performed by Adzuna, a search engine for job ads, found that 65% of job seekers have integrated AI into their job search. We talked about AI hiring practices with career strategist, Julie Bauke.

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