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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Friday's "Connecticut Today" pointing out the arrogant disregard emanating from the State Capitol on the issue of transgender athletes in Connecticut (00:35). We heard from Family Institute of Connecticut Executive Director Peter Wolfgang (14:45) and Connecticut Catholic Conference Executive Director Chris Healy (19:57) on Pope Leo XIV's election. Former Bridgeport State Rep. Chris Caruso dropped by with his weekly update, including the latest on school funding (26:13)

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Northwell Health and Nuvance Health announced that the two health systems have officially joined together to form a new integrated regional health system that will enhance care for communities across greater New York and Connecticut, serving a population of more than 13 million. It’s an announcement that is getting a lot of attention from Connecticut residents, since Nuvance Health oversees hospitals in our state, including Norwalk Hospital. For more details on the union, we spoke with Dr. John Murphy, president and CEO of Nuvance Health’s division of Northwell Health.

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Many studies show a strong correlation, referred to as “the link,” between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic abuse. And now, many state agencies in Connecticut are working together to better address “the link” and combat the issues of abuse. We got insight about this from Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt.

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Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti is in the hot seat after making foul comments on social media. He was candid with us about his remarks and gave the backstory about what led to dropping f-bombs online.

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Milford parents are outraged after two motions to restore education funding didn’t get the votes needed to pass. Ten votes were needed during the Board of Aldermen meeting to restore full or partial funding back to the schools and both failed to get the votes. Now the Board of Education has to decide where to make up that money in a meeting, including potentially closing a middle school or firing educators. We spoke with Kara Flannery of the Milford Ed Advocates group about the latest financial cuts to Milford schools.

For more information: https://milfordedadvocates.org/

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Two national reports highlight how poorly Connecticut ranks when it comes to veterans’ care. We spoke with Vince Santilli of Homes for the Brave about the findings and what lawmakers could do to improve our state’s investment in veterans.

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Thursday's "Connecticut Today" with host Paul Pacelli featured a visit from Sacred Heart University Associate Professor of Catholic Studies Dr. Dan Rober on the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first-ever American pontiff (00:39), while Paul also had his own thoughts on the new Pope (12:08). GOP State Rep. Greg Howard - a working law enforcement officer - returned to update us on a pending bill that would allow the possible destruction of ATVs, mini-bikes, and dirt bikes seized in street takeovers (25:19)

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Week two of the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour has just wrapped up. To close out this week's show, Melissa welcomed Kevin of Brown Roofing!

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Hi, he's Lee Ganim, that Garden Guy on WICC 600 AM and 95.9 FM, AND he made a stop at the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour! Find out what's going on with his show and at Ganim's Garden Center in Fairfield!

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