Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” featured host Paul Pacelli wondering if Connecticut should follow in the steps of some other cities and institute free municipal bus rides (00:45). GOP State Rep. Craig Fishbein joined us to talk about a new state audit on a massive backlog of state gun permit appeals cases (14:26). Former Bridgeport Democratic State…
From travel to shopping, there’s a lot to prepare for and scams to avoid. We spoke with Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli from the CT Department of Consumer Protection. Image Credit: Eric Urbanowicz
Senator Richard Blumenthal is advocating for a ban on AI companions for children called The Guard Act. This is a bi-partisan effort in Washington DC on top of the ongoing fight to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. We learned more about it with Senator Blumenthal. IMAGE CREDIT: Melissa Sheketoff
Ultra-processed food like fast food, ready-to-eat meals and protein bars are linked to harm in every major organ of the human body. That’s according to the world’s largest review of ultra-processed foods and their impact on global health. We spoke about this with Dr. Fred Browne of Griffin Health. We also talked about a new…
On Wednesday’s “Connecticut Today,” host Paul Pacelli wondered if it’s time for the State of Connecticut to offer a non-profit “public option” healthcare insurance plan to help folks who are being priced out of the Affordable Care Act – or “Obamacare” (00:53). Fairfield GOP State Sen. Tony Hwang reacted after state regulators voted to block…
Coincidence? Connecticut Republicans and Fairfield County residents say “I don’t think so!” The New York Post just released an article questioning the new affordable housing bill passed in the special session last week. Does it effectively create a better housing situation for Connecticut residents, or did it get the green light too soon benefiting our…
Grieving is a strange feeling. We don’t talk about it enough but it’s a process 100 percent of human beings will go through. We learned about Connecticut-based non-profit, Soulful Sydney, Inc, dedicated to children’s emotional health and offering programs tailored to help kids learn to grieve and prepare properly for loss. The program we focused…
Eversource is set to increase prices in 2026 and PURA’s former chairwoman is still front-page news in Connecticut. We spoke with our energy contributor, Bryson Hull, Deputy Northeast Director for Consumer Energy Alliance. IMAGE CREDIT: Eric Urbanowicz
A lot of people are in denial about addiction and substance abuse. And when you think about how common that is, think about this: last year, 80% of people in the U.S. with substance use disorders received no treatment for it. It makes what is already a big problem, even bigger! That’s why local health…
The Cloudflare outage has been resolved but not before impacting websites, social media sites, ChatGPT, online gaming, Dropbox, Shopify and much more. How did this happen and how can we prevent it in future? We asked our cyber security expert, Dr. Vahid Behzadan, from University of New Haven. IMAGE CREDIT: Carolyn Meyer / University of…