Betsy McCaughey is the most recent Republican to announce a run for governor in Connecticut. We learned about her political career and her campaign plans to get elected in November.

The homeschooling population in Connecticut is feeling like a scapegoat again after recent egregious cases of child abuse in our state. Recently, the Office of Child Advocate released a report that recommended tightening state oversight for homeschoolers. Now, groups like the National Homeschooling Education Legal Defense, an advocacy and legal group dedicated to defending the rights of homeschoolers, are pushing back on that report. We spoke about this with Attorney Deborah Stevenson who represents The National Homeschooling Education Legal Defense.

TikTok and Snapchat have reached confidential settlements regarding lawsuits alleging their platforms caused youth mental health issues in America. There are still ongoing trials against Meta and YouTube for the same complaints. We got Senator Blumenthal’s take on the settlements and his reaction to Connecticut’s efforts to better protect kids online in our state.

Early voting begins today in the Fairfield First Selectman race. Current first selectperson Christine Vitale is fighting to hold onto her seat facing opponent, Senator Tony Hwang. We heard from both candidates one last time before voters begin heading to the polls today. Senator Hwang ((00:00)) First Selectperson Christine Vitale ((15:35))

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that its board of directors voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation. That means NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations are dissolving after massive federal funding cuts. We spoke about the significance of this with Ben Bogardus, Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Department of Journalism at Quinnipiac University.

Host Paul Pacelli welcomed Connecticut Inside Investigator reporter Marc Fitch to Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" to explain the latest twist in a controversy allegedly involving millions of tax dollars and a veteran state lawmaker (00:33). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio joined us to chat about her recent columns (09:43), while Paul had a few thoughts at the start of the show about voter behavior in Connecticut (17:55)

Host Paul Pacelli kicked off a new week on "Connecticut Today" looking at the past weekend's deadly shooting in Minneapolis connected to ICE protests (00:29). We also heard from CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nikole Killion (16:57), University of New Haven Senior Criminal Justice Lecturer Ken Gray (19:37), and CTNewsJunkie.com columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill on that shooting death (29:21)

Host Paul Pacelli opened "Connecticut Today" wondering if a new policy proposal from Gov. Ned Lamont was floated to simply mollify the progressive wing of the Connecticut Democratic Party (00:38). State Senate GOP Leader Steve Harding dropped by to chat about a growing controversy surrounding a powerful Hartford Democrat and millions of dollars in non-profit funding (15:25). Former Bridgeport Democratic State Rep. Chris Caruso checked in with his weekly update (21:22), and CBS News reporter Kati Weis briefed us on a key legal case involving the Ten Commandments in New Orleans (31:19)