We did a check-in with interim superintendent of schools, Dr. Royce Avery, about school building plans in Bridgeport.

Ahead of the anniversary marking the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, we spoke with Jenny Hubbard. Jenny’s daughter, Catherine, was one of the first graders killed in the shooting. In her honor, Jenny founded the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation and she tells us that the impact in over a decade is overwhelming.

For more information: https://www.cvhfoundation.org/

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Host Paul Pacelli ushered in another edition of "Connecticut Today" looking at a new report out of Boston University recommending that Connecticut cities and towns think about abandoning the traditional "last hired, first fired" plan when deciding on teacher layoffs, because of the possible negative effects on retaining teachers of color (00:43). 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band Drum Major Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Dalton stopped by to chat about the band's two performances coming up at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport (16:30). CBS News reporter Linda Kenyon at the White House briefed us on the U.S. seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker (24:58)

It’s been almost two months, and Marissa Gillett is still staying relevant with PURA despite stepping down as chairwoman. Plus, a top executive with Eversource is calling for the public benefits to be removed from electric bills ASAP. We spoke with Bryson Hull, Deputy Northeast Director for Consumer Energy Alliance about the latest energy news in the state.

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President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” imposes new lifetime borrowing caps of $100,000 for graduate degrees and $200,000 for professional degrees. Some Connecticut nurses say a new plan could make an already tough job even tougher. We spoke with Dr. Karl Minges, Dean of the College of Health Professions at Sacred Heart University about these major changes and the impact on healthcare worker shortages.

From housing, taxes, public benefits and sham marriages, we covered as many state topics as we could with Governor Ned Lamont.

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We are coming up on the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. We checked in with Nicole Hockley, who lost her son, Dylan, that horrible day. Hockley also is the co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise. She shared successes of the organization nationwide and the ongoing mission still relevant more than a decade later.

There's a case of measles in Connecticut. The Department of Health confirmed the case involved an unvaccinated child in Fairfield County. It's the state's first in more than four years. We talked to Dr. Browne about measles, RSV, flu and covid cases on the rise in Connecticut.

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On Wednesday's "Connecticut Today," host Paul Pacelli (00:32) and State Senate GOP Leader Steve Harding (16:11) talked about reports of more alleged "sham" marriages happening in Connecticut and a lack of response from majority Democrats in Hartford. Hearst Connecticut Media Senior Editor and Columnist Dan Haar dropped by to chat about the state's finances and a key state Congressional race (23:32)

"Connecticut Today" host Paul Pacelli recently welcomed Epoch Times reporter Joshua Phillipp to discuss the growing tensions between the Trump White House and Venezuela (00:25). We also looked back at the River Restaurant explosion and fire in Derby on December 6th, 1985, with Derby firefighter and Alderman Ron Sill (09:57)