Tuesday’s “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli featured a return visit from University of New Haven criminal justice lecturer and former Supervisory Secret Service Agent Bobby McDonald on the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after her testimony to members of Congress on Monday (00:28). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio stopped by with an update on the state’s continued push for electric vehicles (12:47)
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IROOS Founder, Divorce Scientist, Coach, Mentor & Author, Ravit Rose, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about why she created the Irooze divorce community after her own awful divorce, to help people get divorced without the expensive lawyers and nastiness.
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After more than 45 years at the Beardsley Zoo, Gregg Dancho is retiring. We had the opportunity to take a look back at the work he’s done at Connecticut’s only zoo, our state capitol and even in Washington DC to promote conservation. We also got a preview of the new CEO for the zoo, Dr. Jim Wharton.
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Bridgeport made history!! It became the location for the first inner-city school in the US to offer the Tango Program and send students in the air in an aircraft THEY BUILT! We spoke with T (11:50), one of the Bassick High School students in the program, as well as her mentor, David (0:00), about the experience flying and the impact of being part of this program.
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Host Paul Pacelli started a brand-new week on “Connecticut Today” discussing the much-anticipated departure of President Joe Biden from the November White House race (00:28). We got further analysis on the race’s reset from Sacred Heart University Political Science Professor and Scholar in Residence Dr. Gary Rose (11:34). University of New Haven Professor and State Department veteran Dr. Howard Stoffer talked about the international implications of a coming change in Washington (23:04)
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Senator Richard Blumenthal joins Lisa Wexler to talk about President Biden stepping down from his campaign and Kamala Harris stepping in.
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Did you know the deep web and the dark web are two different things? We got a definition of the two and how to protect ourselves from going down the rabbit hole of deception from Crime Prevention Expert, Jim Perez.
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Last week, a software update for Microsoft cloud services completely failed grounding planes, blocking news stations from broadcasting, preventing banks from accessing vital systems and more across the globe! Days later, there are still lingering problems. How do we avoid this in future? We spoke with our cybersecurity expert, Dr. Vahid Behzadan.
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We met Andrew Mais, President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and Connecticut’s Insurance Commissioner. We talked about his role in the state and asked about expensive health insurance plans. Will the prices ever drop, and will more carriers enter the marketplace?
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President Biden joins a short list of US presidents who opted not to run for reelection. This will be the first election since 1976 that there will not be a Bush, Clinton or Biden included on the ticket. We got reaction from Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes and asked if he would back Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nomination.
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