It's summer, that means everyone is hitting links (provided our meteorologist Paul Piorek recommends it). So we welcomed Stephen Roach from Fairchild Wheeler to the Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour to talk about golf!

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A staple of during the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour has been the teachers (thank you to the Connecticut Education Association for helping link us to local teachers across the various cities we've come to). There's been no city in the news more for their education than Bridgeport however, so what's going on through their eyes, we multiple teachers on to talk about it this morning.

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The final stop on the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour is Frankies Diner in Bridgeport! Melissa welcomed Nick, the owner, to start the show off!

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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Wednesday's "Connecticut Today" criticizing some area politicians and media outlets for insinuating that peaceful, lawful protesting in Connecticut is somehow being threatened by the Trump White House (00:46). Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti dropped by to chat about recent controversies surrounding his city's finances (15:16). Hearst Connecticut Media senior editor and columnist Dan Haar described a push by some left-leaning Democrats against a 2026 re-election run by Gov. Ned Lamont and the latest on a controversial housing bill (24:12). CT169Strong's Maria Weingarten talked about a statement released by majority State Senate Democrats in Hartford about that housing bill (35:11)

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We spoke with Fairfield First Selectman Bill Gerber about housing and the proposals around UI monopoles. Gerber wrote a letter to the governor urging him to veto the massive housing bill (House Bill 5002). We asked him about his take on the controversial legislation and its impact on Fairfield. We also talked about a hearing this week around the latest move to bring UI monopoles to the town.

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A new report was released showing the top ten states that are invested in the most by the US Department of Defense. Connecticut landed at number 6. We spoke with Senator Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who often voices on matters like national security, Dept. of Defense budgets, military operations, and weapons systems.

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Governor Lamont wants to bring lawmakers back to Hartford to do more work on the controversial, massive housing bill that passed during the session. The governor cannot decide whether to veto it or sign it into law; it seems he’s leaning into a compromise approach. But state Republicans, including Senator Steve Harding, are less than impressed with that approach. We spoke with the Senate Minority Leader about it.

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A new article reveals that 18 Connecticut child deaths in the last few years connected to domestic violence could have been prevented. We spoke to Meghan Scanlon about this; she is the President and CEO of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

For more information: https://www.ctcadv.org/

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Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday's edition of "Connecticut Today" with remarks from State Attorney General William Tong and Gov. Ned Lamont regarding the deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marine troops to Los Angeles (00:52). Landmark Legal Foundation Vice-President of Legal Affairs Mike O'Neill talked about the likely challenges to President Trump's deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles (16:38). Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Executive Director and CEO Joe DeLong talked about this year's General Assembly session and a controversial housing bill that Gov. Ned Lamont is threatening to veto (23:00). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio talked about ongoing issues for Connecticut electric customers and last week's conclusion of the General Assembly's session (28:30)

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Connecticut State Police are launching the Safe Storage Initiative on July first, distributing 1,500 free gun safe boxes to new gun owners in the state. We got the details from Sgt. Luke Davis from CT State Police.

For more information: https://www.cspnews.org/post/media-advisory-safe-storage-initiative-ct-launch-promotional-period

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