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Connecticut State Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox joins Bill for this week's show.

Lawmakers are debating a new tax on food delivery services. Since the pandemic, one of the industries that really boomed has to be food delivery services like Ubereats, DoorDash and GrubHub. And while those collected taxes would reportedly go directly to the Special Transportation Fund, it would heavily impact the hospitality industry in a bad way. Scott Dolch of the CT Restaurant Association shared the downside of this bill if it passes.

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When a fire sparks or someone falls and can’t get up, who do you call and expect to save the day? Firefighters! And despite reports of firefighters’ exposure to cancer causing chemicals, Connecticut lawmakers do not allocate enough money to compensate them for their service if they develop cancer on the job. A new study uncovered an association between exposure to chemicals commonly used in firefighting and glioma risk (brain tumors). We spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Claus, who led the study and is a member of Yale Cancer Center.

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Since the legalization of marijuana in Connecticut, there are more concerns about drivers who are high behind the wheel. Apparently, there are specialized officers trained to detect drivers impaired by drugs. We got more insight into this from Gil Maffeo, a Drug Recognition Expert instructor.

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There is a special election on April 22nd to fill the 113th state representative seat in Hartford. This seat covers Shelton and we met the Democratic candidate vying for the position, Michael Duncan.

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Host Paul Pacelli welcomed "Only In Bridgeport" blogger Lennie Grimaldi to Thursday's edition of "Connecticut Today" to chat about a promised "no confidence" vote regarding the Bridgeport Police Chief by the police union's rank-in-file (00:46). Former Reagan White House staffer Frank Lavin talked about his new book, "Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for Today" and the current Trump White House tariff policies and controversies (12:55). Finally, Beatles expert Erik Taros talked about this Sunday's showing of 90 minutes of rare Beatles film footage at the Palace Danbury (24:51)

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A Connecticut woman is being accused of holding her stepson captive for more than 20 years and now, lawmakers are demanding DCF for answers. We spoke with Senator Jason Perillo, Ranking Senator on the Committee for Children, about the case in Waterbury and recent other Connecticut cases putting DCF in the hot seat.

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The man accused of killing the mother of his three-year-old child with an ax in Milford has pleaded guilty to murder.  That’s because accepted a plea offer that sends him to prison for 40 years for the killing of Julie Minogue in 2022. It’s very different from the plea deal offered to the man accused of hitting and killing a state trooper on the highway last year. We wanted to know how plea deals work and got insight from our legal expert, Attorney Bill Bloss.

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The Trump Administration slashed half of the US Department of Education’s staff and many now wonder what the direct impact will be on our schools, students and teachers. We asked Kate Dias, President of the Connecticut Education Association.

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