Chris Powell, columnist for the Journal Inquirer, discusses budget panic and the decline of Connecticut newspapers.

David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers' Washington DC Correspondent, looks at the latest DC happenings.

Ana Radelat, Washington Correspondent for CTMirror.org. says the government shutdown has ended... or has it?

Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News Business Analyst, looks at Tax Season, which just opened for the year.

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Chris Herb, Connecticut Energy Marketers Association and Entech Advanced Energy Training, talks Natural Gas expansion in the state.

Roy Occhiogrosso, managing director of Global Strategy Group in Hartford, a public relations and research firm, discusses his piece on HartfordBusiness.com, posing the question “Can Ned Lamont reinvent Connecticut?”

Christy Kovel, Interim Executive Director/Director of Public Policy with the Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter, asks could new methods and medication make it possible to reverse Alzheimer's Disease?

Elizabeth White, author of 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal, shares insight from her book, and discusses the 40% of Middle Class Americans currently facing downward mobility.

Congressman John Larson, recently named the Chairman on the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, shares an update on the government shutdown. Larson also has an update on Social Secuity and the new bill Social Security 2100 Act