The Wheelhouse

As impeachment news consumes Washington, more and more Americans seem to think that the House inquiry is a good idea. 

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows a big jump in the number of people who support impeaching President Trump - basically an even split - but a majority now favors the House looking into his actions regarding Ukraine.

This hour, we discuss this, the revelations that Trump wanted to protect the U.S. border with a moat filled with snakes, and even a story about how people can get along in our current political system.

Plus, the closing of a grocery store reignites the debate over the rising minimum wage.

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As impeachment news consumes Washington, more and more Americans seem to think that the House inquiry is a good idea. 

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows a big jump in the number of people who support impeaching President Trump - basically an even split - but a majority now favors the House looking into his actions regarding Ukraine.

This hour, we discuss this, the revelations that Trump wanted to protect the U.S. border with a moat filled with snakes, and even a story about how people can get along in our current political system.

Plus, the closing of a grocery store reignites the debate over the rising minimum wage.

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House speaker Nancy Pelosi took a long time to warm up to the idea of impeachment proceedings against President Trump. But the latest saga involving a whistleblower complaint about a call with Ukraine’s president, seemingly pressuring him to investigate Trump’s main political rival Joe Biden has gotten the impeachment train rolling, and all members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are now on board. 

This hour we assess what our state politicians are saying about this week’s pivotal Washington news.

Also - it’s not over in Bridgeport. After a contested Democratic primary that had incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim beating State Senator Marilyn Moore on the strength of absentee ballots, there’s a state elections investigation and a lawsuit by voters.

And, as some new state laws go into effect October 1, there’s still work to do on others.

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House speaker Nancy Pelosi took a long time to warm up to the idea of impeachment proceedings against President Trump. But the latest saga involving a whistleblower complaint about a call with Ukraine’s president, seemingly pressuring him to investigate Trump’s main political rival Joe Biden has gotten the impeachment train rolling, and all members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are now on board. 

This hour we assess what our state politicians are saying about this week’s pivotal Washington news.

Also - it’s not over in Bridgeport. After a contested Democratic primary that had incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim beating State Senator Marilyn Moore on the strength of absentee ballots, there’s a state elections investigation and a lawsuit by voters.

And, as some new state laws go into effect October 1, there’s still work to do on others.

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That whole debate about tolls was getting so old.

Now, we get to talk about the new debate at the capitol - over rotisserie chicken! Yes, a plan to tax more prepared food - which already faced opposition - was rolled out by the Lamont administration in a way that he’s already walking back. Way more food items faced a higher tax than anyone expected.

That comes as at the same time as a controversy over religious exemptions for vaccines and GOP lawmakers calling the governor “incompetent.”

This hour, we pull apart a particularly ugly week at the capitol.

Also, we’ll consider what’s next for states like Connecticut trying to claw money out of drug maker Purdue Pharma as the giant opioid maker goes into bankruptcy.

And, we’ll consider the latest literary trend, an op-ed from suburbanites fleeing the state, after putting their kids through public school of course.

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That whole debate about tolls was getting so old.

Now, we get to talk about the new debate at the capitol - over rotisserie chicken! Yes, a plan to tax more prepared food - which already faced opposition - was rolled out by the Lamont administration in a way that he’s already walking back. Way more food items faced a higher tax than anyone expected.

That comes as at the same time as a controversy over religious exemptions for vaccines and GOP lawmakers calling the governor “incompetent.”

This hour, we pull apart a particularly ugly week at the capitol.

Also, we’ll consider what’s next for states like Connecticut trying to claw money out of drug maker Purdue Pharma as the giant opioid maker goes into bankruptcy.

And, we’ll consider the latest literary trend, an op-ed from suburbanites fleeing the state, after putting their kids through public school of course.

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Primaries in Connecticut’s municipal elections could’ve been a dull affair, but that was certainly not the case last night. 

You had a big upset: Justin Elicker, in his second try at the mayor’s job in New Haven, beating incumbent Toni Harp, a force in Democratic politics for decades. You had an incumbent mayor Luke Bronin easily beating back challenges from a former mayor and state rep. And, you had another incumbent, Joe Ganim, very narrowly defeating state Senator Marilyn Moore, in a race so close it came down to a few hundred absentee ballots.

This hour, we look back at what these primaries mean, and we look ahead to this week’s presidential debate, where a thinned, but still pretty hefty slate of Democrats face off in the next round of herd-thinning as we head toward the 2020 election.

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Primaries in Connecticut’s municipal elections could’ve been a dull affair, but that was certainly not the case last night. 

You had a big upset: Justin Elicker, in his second try at the mayor’s job in New Haven, beating incumbent Toni Harp, a force in Democratic politics for decades. You had an incumbent mayor Luke Bronin easily beating back challenges from a former mayor and state rep. And, you had another incumbent, Joe Ganim, very narrowly defeating state Senator Marilyn Moore, in a race so close it came down to a few hundred absentee ballots.

This hour, we look back at what these primaries mean, and we look ahead to this week’s presidential debate, where a thinned, but still pretty hefty slate of Democrats face off in the next round of herd-thinning as we head toward the 2020 election.

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Governor Lamont is back from his Maine vacation and seemingly rarin’ to go. In just the last week or so, he overruled his health commissioner and will release school-by-school data on vaccinations, rolled out a big transportation plan, and committed to a no-carbon electric grid by 2040. 

All that, and he STILL had time to dance like nobody was watching at Nedstock!

This hour, we update you on the many storylines coming out of the governor’s office. And, we look at Hartford’s bid to get the 2020 presidential debate - including a big commitment from the region’s largest philanthropic organization. Oh yeah, and it’s just a week away from those important mayoral primaries - we’ll get the latest on those races. 

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Governor Lamont is back from his Maine vacation and seemingly rarin’ to go. In just the last week or so, he overruled his health commissioner and will release school-by-school data on vaccinations, rolled out a big transportation plan, and committed to a no-carbon electric grid by 2040. 

All that, and he STILL had time to dance like nobody was watching at Nedstock!

This hour, we update you on the many storylines coming out of the governor’s office. And, we look at Hartford’s bid to get the 2020 presidential debate - including a big commitment from the region’s largest philanthropic organization. Oh yeah, and it’s just a week away from those important mayoral primaries - we’ll get the latest on those races. 

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