Ed talks to Workplace Culture Analyst Bobby Albert about the hours Americans work. PLUS - Making judgments and Milo's bad day.

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The Democracy, Unity and Equality Justice coalition wants Connecticut to raise its minimum wage to $15, supports higher taxes on the rich, and taxing hedge funds rather than state budget cuts and layoffs. On Valentine's Day, members visited Connecticut state senators to press their case. One of the captains of the group was Rev. Jan Carlsson-Bull, who talked about D.U.E. justice on Brad & Dan.

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#hedge funds #justice #labor #wages

Connecticut State Sen. Joe Markley, R-15, is questioning a 39-year-old state law that mandates that one percent of construction costs for any public buildings needs to be spent on public art at the facility. He says the state can no longer afford this.

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#art #public #government #buildings #expenditures

Mark Ojakian, President of the Connecticut State Colleges & University System, said on Brad & Dan he plans to recommend a major proposal in the spring, to help rescue the system from a financial abyss. The plan could include more online courses. He talked about the dire, financial problems, the system faces with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget proposal.

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#education #plans #budget #expenditure #college

Dean Pagani, Senior Vice President with McDowell Jewitt Communications, and a multi-media journalist, has doubts about President Donald Trump's methods. Pagani, a former chief of staff under then Gov. John Rowland, explained his reasons why.

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James Fleming is President of the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association and a former state senator. He believes electric car manufacturer Tesla is engaging in deceptive advertising. But he also had praise for the automobile too.

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#automobiles #electric

Mark Waxenberg, Executive Director of the Connecticut Education Association, says the teachers union is not happy with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget plan. He also says their survey shows taxpayers support more education spending, if money is not wasted.

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#teachers #taxpayers #budget #spending

Aspirin apparently is the miracle drug. A collaborative study involving Yale University, shows taking low dose aspirin daily can reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Grant Fowler, family medicine physician with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston & Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center explains.

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With more anti-Trump protests plan, Brad and Dan speculate how such rallies are a good health care plan.

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#healthcare #exercise #protests

Teacher and writer for CT News Junkie, Barth Keck, explains why one Connecticut school pulled 'Animal Farm' from its primary reading list. He also talks about school curriculum in the 21st century.

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#books #school #curriculum