In the governor’s budget address, he said the state will continue a $400 million investment per year in housing. But are the housing priorities that were presented enough to create more workforce, affordable housing? We asked our housing expert, Renee Dobos, CEO of CT Housing Partners.
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There’s a proposed bill in Hartford that addresses unsportsmanlike behavior toward referees in youth sports. According to reports, many referees in Connecticut leave due to aggressive and over involved parents. Glenn Lungarini, executive director of the CIAC, talked about the bill and why it’s necessary to pass.
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There’s a renewed push in Hartford to lower Connecticut’s legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit in this year’s legislative session. The bigger push for it comes following an increase in highway fatalities, including wrong way crashes done at the hands of impaired drivers. But does lowering the BAC do more harm than good for our state? Scott Dolch, President of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, explains why lowering the BAC is another challenge for local restaurants and bars instead of making a big difference in stopping bad driver behavior.
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Host Paul Pacelli welcomed “Only In Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi to Thursday’s show to chat about some possible charter revisions for Bridgeport (00:40). Columnist and blogger Chris Powell commented on the latest Connecticut news and the state’s stubborn pockets of poverty and school under-achievement (15:42). CBS News Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane joined us from Washington, D.C. to talk about the FBI staff firing situation and its implications (25:33). Also, Paul had some thoughts on state teacher and municipal officials’ reactions to Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget address earlier in the week (29:50)
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Music icon, Christine Ohlman, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about her extensive career ahead of her two events at The Westport Library.
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Last month, we saw the measures being taken to clean up the issues facing the Bridgeport school district. Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker of the CT Dept. of Education shared more detail about the actions taking place, including a technical assistance team and training for the local school board.
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Cases of Tuberculosis seem to be on the rise in parts of the US, including North Carolina and Kansas. What’s happening with these outbreaks and how is Connecticut protecting residents from the infectious disease? We spoke in depth with Dr. Fred Browne of Griffin Health.
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Following the governor’s budget address, his call to loosen the fiscal guardrails slightly for childcare was a big sticking point for lawmakers. We spoke about it with Comptroller Sean Scanlon, our state fiscal watchdog and someone who has pushed to never touch the guardrails.
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Host Paul Pacelli welcomed Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio to Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” to chat about Govenor Ned Lamont’s budget address, along with rumors of a possible carbon tax targeting the state’s energy consumers (00:42). Hearst Connecticut Media senior editor and columnist Dan Haar talked about his company’s purchase of the Waterbury Republican-American newspaper (08:30). We welcomed CBS News auto industry reporter Jeff Gilbert to chat about a new study looking at the connection between vehicle size and safety (18:02), while Paul also had a few thoughts about the continued fear-mongering regarding ICE raids in the state (21:08)
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Vicki Volper, lawyer and progressive advocate, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about advocacy groups going to Hartford to demand that democrats show strength against President Trump by being unified.
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