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The owner of three Connecticut hospitals has filed for bankruptcy protection. Prospect Medical Holdings owns Waterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Memorial hospitals.  While the hospitals are expected to continue operating during chapter eleven bankruptcy process, Connecticut patients and their families are on edge. Senator Jeff Gordon weighed in on the implications this has for Connecticut. He is a member of the Public Health Committee and known as the doctor senator in our state because he is a medical doctor.

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People in the northeast, including Connecticut, are getting fake text messages claiming they owe money for tolls via E-ZPass. The fraudulent texts appear to be from MassDOT but the department has confirmed the messages are part of a "smishing" scam using text-based messaging. Crime prevention expert, Jim Perez, explains what a smishing scam is and how to avoid being duped by them.

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This is the first full week of the 2025 legislative session in Connecticut. What can we expect in Hartford and what drama has already begun among lawmakers? Political reporter, Mike Cerulli, gave us the inside scoop.

To see a list of proposed bills: https://cga.ct.gov/

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The new session is underway in Hartford, and Bill is joined by Matt Ritter, the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives for a full breakdown of what to expect.

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The University of New Haven just acquired a former railroad salvage property. What will that become and how does that impact current and future Connecticut college students? We spoke with UNH President Jens Frederiksen about the purchase and transformation plans.

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This week was the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For the top tech items and trending headlines from this week’s convention, we spoke with Tech Contributor, Ian Sherr.

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The clock is ticking on a potential TikTok ban, Mark Zuckerberg is talking about eliminating fact checking for Meta sites and Elon Musk making changes to X over negative posting. A lot of social media mayhem happening and we spoke with Krista Carnes, our social media guru. Could all hell breaking loose lead to a reverse in social media use?

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A popular weight loss drug has gotten approval by the Food and Drug Administration to be used for sleep apnea. We spoke with Medical Weight Loss specialist Dr. Joseph St. Pierre with Hartford HealthCare Digestive Health Institute about the Zepbound news.

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Several Connecticut school districts were impacted by a data breach with the PowerSchool student information system. Milford officials confirmed their school system was impacted by the breach, which apparently took place late last month. We spoke with Superintendent Dr. Anna Cutaia and Director of Business & Instructional Digital Services for Milford Schools, Louis Giancola.

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