Governor Lamont is set to present his first proposal during the 2025 legislative session. We asked political reported, Mike Cerruli, what could be in the severe weather bill proposal. We also got more insight about the Ratepayers First Act.
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“Connecticut Today” host Paul Pacelli kicked off Inauguration Day wondering how President Trump was able to return to the White House after a few tumultuous years (00:30). We also received analysis from Sacred Heart University Political Science Professor and Scholar in Residence Dr. Gary Rose (14:44) and Southern Connecticut State University Political Science and Urban Affairs Professor Dr. Jonathan Wharton (25:14)
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Cecily Dyer, Special Collections Librarian, Pequot Library, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about their exhibition: The Tinderbox of the Civil War: 1830s Abolitionism in Connecticut starting 1/25/25.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal joins Lisa Wexler to talk about the Supreme Court decision to uphold the deadline for sale or closure of TikTok, confirmation hearings and immigration policy.
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The American Cancer Society released a new report this week showing younger women are nearly twice as likely to have cancer than men. It also showed middle-aged women are at a higher risk for cancer too. Medical oncologist and the director of the early onset cancer program at Yale Cancer Center, Dr. Veda Giri, shared what could be leading to these new trends and what women should be doing to prevent a cancer diagnosis.
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A republican led bill titled Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act reportedly passed in a 274-145 vote yesterday with more than a quarter of Democrats voting in support. That included Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes. We got a better understanding about the difference between this act and the proposed Laken Riley Act.
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The FDA is banning red dye number three in food, drinks and ingested drugs. Wednesday’s move comes more than 30 years after scientists found links between the dye, which is made from petroleum, and cancer in animals. We spoke with Dr. Andrew Wong with Hartford Healthcare about the banning and what products are impacted.
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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” with news that a bill to outlaw the sales of “nip” bottles of alcohol in Connecticut has been introduced in the General Assembly (00:50). State Senate GOP leader Steve Harding explained this week’s disclosure of an extra $340 million dollars of revenue in state coffers (14:20). CBS News correspondent Aaron Navarro dropped by with the latest on the Trump transition (22:14). Washington Times online opinion editor and author of, “God-Given or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America with Biblical Truths,” Cheryl Chumley, talked about the growing trend of using executive orders to govern (26:15)
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NatGeo author, Annie Fitzsimmons, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about how she picked the 100 top hotels around the world for her new book.
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January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. Is Connecticut doing enough to support our firefighters and address the concerns of cancer-causing chemicals on scene of disasters and even in the clothing firefighters wear? We spoke with Caitlyn Pereira of the Fairfield Firefighters Association IAFF local 1426 and Pete Brown, the President of the state association of firefighters, about laws currently on the book and what else can be done during the 2025 legislative session.
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