The expanded sick time law in Connecticut could be having a severe impact on employees for public school districts. The legislation in effect this year requires Connecticut companies with at least 25 employees to give staff up to 40 hours of paid sick time. But how is this impacting school districts? We asked Bethel Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Christine Carver, shared what’s happening in her district and others due to this law change.
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Host Paul Pacelli heard from a lot of callers on Friday’s “Connecticut Today” regarding an all-out argument that broke out earlier in the day at the White House involving President Trump, Vice-President J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (00:53). Former Derby Fire Chief Chuck Stankye dropped by again to talk about this weekend’s observation of 50 years since a massive explosion and fire at Shelton’s Sponge Rubber Products plant (14:45). Quinnipiac University Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship and Strategy David Cadden talked about today’s nationwide so-called “Economic Blackout” (25:47), while CBS News tech. reporter Ian Sherr reacted to word of more parental controls being introduced by Apple on many of their devices (33:11)
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Westport Deputy Fire Marshal Rob Lenois joins Lisa Wexler to talk about why lithium battery fires are challenging and must be handled by professionals.
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February was a rough month for the airline industry, filled with high-profile crashes and other incidents involving aircraft. We had a deadly mid-air collision in DC, a deadly medical jet crash in Philadelphia, a plane that flipped and crashed in Toronto, and just this week, a near miss in Chicago between a plane and private jet. While many are uneasy to board their next flight, we got some perspective from longtime major airline captain, Paul Zielinski.
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Kidney cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, and a therapeutic vaccine shows promising results, offering new hope for those suffering with the disease. Dr. David Braun, a medical oncologist and researcher at Yale Cancer Center is here – he was the principal investigator on the kidney cancer vaccine study that published in the medical journal, Nature.
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Starting this weekend, you may see more police cruisers popping up in rural towns. That’s because a new DOT rural roads safety campaign is rolling out, aimed at cracking down on speeding and reducing crashes on rural roads across the state. Connecticut State Police Trooper Remonda Zhuta explained the need for this initiative which will run from March 1-May30, 2025.
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There’s a swearing-in ceremony today for Senator-elect Jason Perillo. Rep. Perillo won a special election Tuesday and will now represent the 21st District in the Senate – which covers Shelton, Monroe, Stratford and Seymour.
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How do you feel about school lockdowns in our public schools? A bipartisan working group approved a list of 17 recommendations on school crisis response drills this week. We got more details on those recommendations from State Representative Jennifer Leeper, who helped start this working group.
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The Girl Scouts are fighting back after a report of toxins in their famous cookies put them in the hot seat nationwide. Is there any truth to the study exposed by Moms Across America? We spoke to Kari Kaplan, COO of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut.
For more on the initial study: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/12/girl-scout-cookies-toxic/
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Host Paul Pacelli opened Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” with an update on some motor vehicle safety issues being re-visited by the Connecticut General Assembly, including the fact that Connecticut is one of only a handful of states that still allow open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles (00:43). New Canaan/Darien/Stamford GOP State Rep. Tom O’Dea talked about a few of those motor vehicle laws that might need updating (16:15). “Only In Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi had the latest on the Bridgeport absentee ballot investigation (26:33), while CBS News correspondent Linda Kenyon joined us from the White House with the latest on some high-level Trump meetings (41:33)
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