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The decommissioned former coal fired power plant on the Bridgeport shoreline has a new owner and big plans for the near future. We got more details about the property and project from Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim.

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The Connecticut Education Association, which represents teachers across the state, recently launched a new public awareness campaign to highlight the dedication of educators. The timing of the launch is pretty fitting considering budget cuts expected for districts at the end of the school year. We spoke with CEA President, Kate Dias.

To view the campaign videos: https://cea.org/go-the-extra-mile/

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In our monthly check-in with The Department of Consumer Protection, we talk about food safety and shopping scam alerts. We spoke with Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli.

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Former WWE Executive and someone with deep ties to Connecticut, Linda McMahon, is being tapped to become the next US Education Secretary. If her nomination is approved, she would be replacing Connecticut native, Miguel Cardona. We did a deeper dive into this news with CBS Reporter, Christopher Cruise.

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Host Paul Pacelli opened Wednesday's "Connecticut Today" talking about comments from State Attorney General William Tong regarding some likely Trump White House immigration policies (00:32). State House GOP leader Vin Candelora also offered his thoughts on the Attorney General's statements (07:59). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio detailed a push by state employee unions to preserve jobs (14:58), while CBS News correspondent Jake Rosen dropped by with the latest on the Trump White House transition (21:55)

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Following the 2024 election, many people are posting online or at their office place their political views. But what’s the end goal of this and is the risk of losing your job worth it? Career strategist, Julie Bauke, taught us about the acronym WAIT (Why Am I Talking) and its significance when it comes to sharing your political views at the workplace.

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November is National Adoption Month and we learned more than 1,100 kids are in Connecticut’s adoption system right now. We spoke with Kamilah Bunn, Chief Executive Director of the National Adoption Association.  

For more information: adoptuskids.org

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We are set to break records for Thanksgiving travel this year according to AAA. We spoke with Lauren Fabrizi from AAA Northeast about the data and how to prepare if you plan to leave for the holiday.

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This week is Crash Responder Safety Week and we spoke with Josh Morgan of the Department of Transportation about one of our biggest problems: abiding by the Slow Down, Move Over law.

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Monday's "Connecticut Today" with host Paul Pacelli opened with Paul's thoughts on the continued soul-searching by local, state, and national Democrats over this month's election results (00:34). CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane joined us to chat about anticipated changes in the House for the upcoming session of Congress (14:11), while CT News Junkie columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill offered more national and local post-election thoughts (19:10)

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