Drew Andrews and Sotoria Montanari, Chairs of the St. George Greek Festival, share a preview of the 2019 Festival happening May 30th through June 2nd at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hartford.

Phil Pappas, executive director of the Connecticut Brewers Guild, takes a close look at CT Senate Bill 647, an act streamlining the Liquor Control Act. How would this legislation affect the fast-growing brewery industry in Connecticut? And would it help or hurt local consumers?

Stephen Singer, business reporter for The Hartford Courant, discusses a piece in the Courant that says "legislation to establish government-subsidized health care in Connecticut is dead following a threat by the chief executive officer of Cigna Corp. that the Bloomfield insurer would leave."

Goudarz Molaei, Ph.D. Research Scientist and Director of the CAES Passive Tick Surveillance and Testing Program The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, talks the dangers of ticks and Lyme disease. In a recently published study in the journal Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, a team of researchers at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station found a strong relationship between the prevalence rate of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent that causes Lyme disease, in nymphal ticks submitted by state residents for testing, and the subsequent incidence of Lyme disease in humans across the state.

Christy Kovel, Director of Public Policy for the Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter, discusses dementia. There has been a lot of talk about dementia after baseball great Bill Buckner passed away from Lewy body dementia, and Kovel educates us on the disease.

Themis Klarides, Republican Minority Leader in the Connecticut House of Representatives, shares an update on the legislative session. What are her predictions for the next 8 days?

State Rep Gale Mastrofrancesco discusses two bills in the series that may have impacts on homemakers and caregivers.

Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced legislation that renews President Kennedy’s call to service by expanding national service opportunities like AmeriCorps, while offering student loan relief. Learn more.

Chris Powell, columnist for the Journal Inquirer, explains why the state government is not as powerless in talks with unions as many believe. When Gov. Ned Lamont was coming in, he said he would seek out concessions from the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), but the message seemed to be that the state's hands were tied. However, the state government is not helpless in the face of unions, as everyone seems to think. Powell explains how the suspension or repeal of collective bargaining and binding arbitration could effectively put the unions out of business.

Nora L. Duncan, state Director of AARP CT, shares her perspective on the current legislative session. With the General Assembly's session beginning to wrap up, how has it affected AARP CT?