State Rep. Tony Guerrera, co-chair of the Connecticut legislature's transportation committee and advocate for tolls, says voting for the Democrat's budget proposal would include a vote for tolls. That's if the budget includes Gov. Malloy's proposal for a quasi-government transportation agency. The agency would have the power to add tolls to Connecticut roads. Rep. Guerrera talks about that and more in this interview.

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#budget #tolls #government

The Hartford Public Library is holding an open house on Friday, Sep. 15, 2017. In this interview Bridget Quinn-Carey, Chief Executive Officer of the Hartford Public Library, talks about the event and also the library's tribute to the Hartford Times.

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#library #newspaper

Everything is in place for the Simsbury Fly-In & Car Show at Simsbury Airport on Sunday, Sep. 17, 2017. Displays, cars, vendors, radio control model airplanes, airplane rides and a WW II B-17 flyover will be among the many features of the event, as organizer Bill Thomas describes in this interview.

For more information go to www.simsburyflyin.com

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#airplane #event #flyover

Professor Ben Bogardus, Assistant Professor of Journalism at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, has praise for the coverage of Hurricane Irma by Florida's local television station. The national coverage was another story. In this interview, professor Bogardus, a former television news producer in Jacksonville, FL, offers analysis of the hurricane's coverage.

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#hurricane #media #coverage

Award winning meteorologist Art Horn, says Hurricane Irma packed a wallop in its journey through Florida but that passing over Cuba spared the Sunshine State Irma's full fury. Horn offers his perspective on the hurricane in this interview.

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#weather #hurricane

David Lightman, national political correspondent and veteran congressional reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, says President Trump is getting high marks for how he has handled Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Lightman offers his perspective, during his weekly interiew on Brad & Dan.

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#politics #government #hurricane

Rentschler Field is set for the "Liver Life Walk" on Sep. 17. In this interview, Kathleen Flynn, Executive Director, American Liver Foundation, talks about the walk and about the American Liver Foundation.

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#liver #health #charity

As Connecticut's budget stalemate continues, Senate Republican President Len Fasano maintains his caucus is open to negotiation with Democrats. Sen. Fasano explains in this interview.

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#government #policy #budget

Nick Givas says President Donald Trump's deal with the Democrats on funding for Hurricane Harvey should not come as a surprise. Givas, a media reporter with the Daily Caller, talked about the deal, DACA and more in this interview.

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#politics #government #weather

Everything is all set for the "Walk From Obesity" in Meriden, CT this Saturday, Sep. 9. In this interview, Mireille Blacke, Bariatric Program Coordinator and Registered Dietitian at Bariatric Center for St. Francis Hospital, talks about the walk and how obesity is now being treated.

Pictured in photo L-R: Dan Lovallo, Brad Davis, Mireille Blacke

#obesity #charity #exercise #illness