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Connecticut is no stranger to hurricane activity and this week is Hurricane Preparedness Week. Ahead of hurricane season which is June first, we spoke with Jon Basso of the American Red Cross Connecticut chapter about being prepared for hurricane season. We also talked about being ready for brushfire/wildfire season.

For more information: May the Perfect Time to Get Ready for 2025 Wildfire, Hurricane Seasons

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A new report from the state identifies key challenges in Connecticut’s victim response in human trafficking cases. The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Task Force, which was formed in 2021, released the first of its kind report, using data from 49 case studies. We broke down the data with Jamie Manirakiza, Executive Director of Partnership to End Human Trafficking (PEHT)

The full report: https://portal.ct.gov/dcj/-/media/dcj-beta/2025rhtrt-report-digital.pdf?rev=dcbcf0aaef884e6b9e463a9e76e31608&hash=0C00DC185AECC41D8A2995787E1A94E6

For more information on PEHT: https://peht.org/

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Have you ever heard of silent divorce? It was highlighted recently in a CNN Health article. Who is at risk of being in a silent divorce? What are signs of someone entering a silent divorce and is there the possibility of returning to a healthy union? We asked counselor, Julius Dudics.

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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" looking at the previous day's demonstration at the State Capitol regarding possible changes to homeschooling policies (00:48). Waterbury GOP State Rep. Lezlye Zupkus also weighed in on that demonstration (16:40). Columnist Chris Powell offered his thoughts on the homeschooling controversy, as well as a recent ICE arrest in Middletown (23:12). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio dropped by to chat about the new "Blue Collar Caucus" (34:22), and we welcomed CBS News correspondent Linda Kenyon on a meeting at the White House between President Trump and new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (43:49)

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Most employers aren’t laying off workers, but many will pause hiring while the trade war plays out. This was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article and it was looking at the major US employers and their plan of attack for the workforce, including hiring less or not at all. Career strategist Julie Bauke shared what to make of this.

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The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs has started with jury selection taking three days to complete. What can we expect in this high-profile case and how challenging is it to pick fair, unbiased jurors? We asked our legal expert on the show, Attorney Bill Bloss.

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The latest mainstream media outlets that have been targeted by the Trump Administration include PBS and NPR. Earlier this year, we saw the Associated Press was temporarily blocked from White House press conferences. But it’s not just during this administration we see mainstream media targeted. In 2023, Fox News had to settle a defamation lawsuit during the Biden Administration. We spoke with Susan Campbell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, about the challenges of teaching the next generation of journalists but also what we are seeing with standards and punishment for mainstream media. and whether any of these actions are justified.

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More than 2,000 demonstrators flooded the halls of the Legislative Office Building at the Connecticut State Capitol for an informational hearing to dissuade lawmakers from changing the state’s homeschooling regulations. Changes to homeschooling regulations comes following the captivity story out of Waterbury where a man was allegedly held against his will for more than 20 years. The governor and state democrats are now trying to find ways to avoid repeating history and having kids fall through the cracks. But state Republicans say they are targeting the wrong group of people. We spoke about this with Senator Jason Perillo, Ranking Senator on the Committee on Children.

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We met Rich Smith, the Democratic candidate running for Mayor in Milford. Smith served seven months as mayor for the city, completing former Mayor Ben Blake’s term in 2023. Find out why Smith now wants to run for office and his concerns with the current administration.

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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Monday's "Connecticut Today" talking about a new tool that's being used by local police to avoid high-speed chases, but is still being criticized by civil liberties groups. Is that criticism unfounded (00:46)? GOP State Sen. Rob Sampson talked about a hearing earlier in the day regarding homeschooling regulations in Connecticut (14:58). CTNewsJunkie columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill on media personalities venturing into politics (24:26), while CBS News Washington correspondent Nikole Killian had the latest on the fate of the 2017 Trump tax cuts with the present Congress (36:24)

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