Vin Candelora, Talks about many issues that are in the housing bill. One of them being the state's "Fair Share" policy. The main source of conflict between Democrats and Republicans on the bill. The policy mandates that Connecticut towns and cities adopt an affordable housing plan every five years and contribute their "fair share" of affordable units to their community.

Chris Keating, Hartford Courant Capitol Reporter. Chris is getting ready for the next few days of marathon reports as the Capitol heads in to a special session and also discusses the state facing federal cuts with wide impacts, Connecticut legislature plans to create a new, $500 million fund.

Rep Jason Rojas, CT House Majority Leader. Talks about the special session and one of the big issues in this special session is the discussion of the housing bill

Greg Bordonaro, Editor Hartford Business Journal. For today's show we can talk about CT's and Stamford's efforts to woo NYC businesses following the election of Mamdani, mounting opposition to a major water deal and news from a CT biotech company working to develop an artificial retina.

Jamie McDonald, Bears BBQ founder and member of World Central Kitchen calling in live from Jamaica and providing food to those who lost everything from the hurricane.

Gov Lamont discusses why he is looking to run for a third term as the states Governor. We also get into special session, SNAP funding and what happened to some of the items from last session.

Kristen Gauvin, President, Boxes to Boots. Operation Cares 2025 this Saturday from 9-3pm. Still looking for more donations for the weekend event.

The drama continues in the Nation's Capitol. David Lightman from McClatchy DC covers it all for us to wrap up the week.

The University of New Haven has gone to Division One Sports now and their head basketball coach Ted Hotaling joins us to discuss their opener against UConn and their next game tonight!

CT State Treasurer Erick Russell joins us to discuss a recent report that said that Connecticut has the second-highest pension debt per capita in the nation, trailing only Illinois. The report, based on the Foundation's annual pension solvency and performance findings, also ranked Connecticut 11th for its total unfunded pension debt liability.