The Blue Sky Diner played host to the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour and Sissy, the owner, kicked us off!

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Host Paul Pacelli was joined on Wednesday's edition of "Connecticut Today" by Hearst Connecticut Media senior editor and columnist Dan Haar chatting about the major issues resolved, and otherwise, at the State Capitol (00:31). CBS News reporter Aaron Navarro detailed President Trump's call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine (11:00)

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Connecticut approved a landmark $300-million-dollar investment to expand access to childcare across the state. How will the money be spent and why does this matter to the average resident; not just parents to little ones? We asked Jessica Sager of All Our Kin, a Connecticut-based national nonprofit that supports family childcare educators and champions early childhood development. 

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Each year, more than 350,000 people experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the U.S. That’s why there’s a lot of focus on saving lives through CPR and AED training. We spoke with Jocelyn Hillard of the American Red Cross during National CPR + AED Awareness Week.

 

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A biennial state budget has passed the House and Senate. What’s in it and is it sustainable for Connecticut? We also saw a bi-partisan compromise for the energy bill; that made it through both chambers and headed to the governor’s desk. We talked to Senator Ryan Fazio about both matters.

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In the newly approved state budget bill, there’s reportedly tailored language that places the City of Ansonia under Tier 1 state oversight by the Municipal Finance Accountability Commission. What does that mean for the city? Why did it now qualify for the oversight? And why is Mayor David Cassetti so upset about this? We asked him.

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Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" with his thoughts on a bill to finally give some statewide relief to customers of United Illuminating and Eversource around the state (00:35). State Senate Republican leader Steve Harding dropped by to chat about the last-minute wheelings and dealings at the State Capitol before the end of the current legislative session (12:57). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio shared what she found going through many bills - line-by-line - as the General Assembly gets ready to end its current session (19:14)

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A large sinkhole caused the closure of part of Route 113 near Sikorsky Airport in Stratford. The DOT is now trying to find a long term solution to the problem, which was likely caused by tidal issues. We spoke with Josh Morgan of the DOT about this, work starting on the Commodore Hull Bridge and reaction to DOT-related legislation passing this session.

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This week is Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, and we spoke with Dept. of Consumer Protection Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli about identifying this scam and avoiding being duped by fraudsters.

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We spoke with Choate student, Emma Shwerin, the youngest female in America to successfully climb all seven summits of Mount Everest.

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