We spoke with Connecticut political strategist, Jimmy Tickey, who is calling for more people to get into politics and potentially run for office. He wrote a book Organizing to Win: The Art & Science of Running for Office addressing this. To pre-order the book: www.OrganizingtoWin.com Image Courtesy of Jimmy Tickey
The Attorney General has been very busy this week. He is investigating high grocery prices, expanding a lawsuit against Optimum, demanding improvements for continuous increases in energy costs and opposing the proposed Sale of Aquarion Water Company to Regional Water Authority with calls to reject the deal. We talked to the Attorney General about it…
Host Paul Pacelli got Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” underway wondering why a revised controversial housing bill – HB-5002 – was being re-tooled and written in secret (00:48). Southern Connecticut State University Political Science and Urban Affairs Professor Dr. Jonathan Wharton looked at what happened this past Election Day Tuesday (16:17), as did former Bridgeport Democratic State…
New Mayor of Milford, Rich Smith, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about how he re-took his seat in office and what comes next for MilfordImage Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
There’s been a dramatic surge in colorectal cancer in young people, not just in the U.S., but globally. Health experts say what we drink and eat is contributing to the trend. That includes consumption of red meat, processed meat, alcohol, sweetened beverages and ultra-processed foods. We spoke with Dr. Browne of Griffin Health about how…
We spoke with Renee Dobos, CEO of Connecticut Housing Partners, about the mystery housing legislation being discussed at next week’s special session. Apparently, not many people, including housing experts, have read the document yet…that’s a problem! Image Credit: Getty Images
The state legislature will be meeting next week in a special session. Governor Ned Lamont says the session will be to finalize housing legislation – and potentially create a 500-million-dollar contingency fund to help cover possible losses of federal funding. But we focused on the housing bill which remains a mystery. We asked Senator Jeff…
It was arguably one of the biggest upsets in local election results across Connecticut. Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti was not re-elected to his seat. Voters overwhelmingly voted in Frank Tyszka as the mayor-elect. We got his reaction to the election results and heard his plans for Ansonia. Image Credit: Eric Urbanowicz
Host Paul Pacelli cranked up a post-Election Day edition of “Connecticut Today” on Wednesday chatting about various local races and the landslide election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next Mayor (00:45). Hearst Connecticut Media Senior Columnist and Editor Dan Haar also weighed in on Tuesday’s elections (14:24). CBS News Washington reporter Aaron Navarro…
Connecticut Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joins LIsa Wexler to talk about the government shutdown latest and why it’s necessary to pass an A.I. chatbot bill that imposes criminal penaltiesImage Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus