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Advocacy Energy Taxes

Chris Herb

Chris is the president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association. He joins me today to discuss the state’s proposal to temporarily cut gas taxes and how, in his opinion, there is a right way and a wrong way to do this and Connecticut is doing it the wrong way.

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Advocacy Environmental Policy

Ashley Zane

Ashley is the Government Affairs Associate for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. She joins me today to discuss SB 3, also known as the CT Clean Air Act, that is being debated in Hartford.

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Advocacy Business Economic policy

Chef Andrew Gruel

Chef Gruel is the founder, CEO and executive chef for Slapfish, a seafood restaurant chain. Today we discuss the new challenges facing the restaurant industry as it tries to recover from the damage caused by the reaction to the pandemic.

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Advocacy

Kristen Johnson

Kristen is with the Connecticut chapter of the Better Business Bureau. She joins me today with a discussion of the resources available to recognize and prevent elder abuse when looking for an assisted living facility for a loved one.

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Advocacy Covid 19 Mental Health

Deborah Marcus

Dr. Marcus is a psychotherapist who recently spoke on the steps of the Capitol to support the removal of mask mandates for school children. She joins me to discuss what she has witnessed when working with children and the damage that our mitigation strategies have caused.

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Advocacy Gun Rights

Holly Sullivan

Holly is the president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League. We discuss Gov. Ned Lamont’s recently announced gun crime intitiatives.

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Advocacy Fiscal Policy

Adam Andrezejewski

Adam is the co-founder of Open The Books, a watchdog group that has done the heavy lifting of exposing how our government wastes our money. He joins me to take a look back at their work in 2021.

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Advocacy Healthcare Insurance

Ken Girardin

Ken is the Director of Public Policy for the Yankees Institute. He has recently published a Policy Paper titled A Risky Plan: Connecticut’s Public Option Proposal where he exposes the troubling management of the state’s existing Partnership 2.0 health insurance plan, the basis for the proposed state-run plan.

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Advocacy Business Economic policy

Wyatt Bosworth

Wyatt is the Assistant Council for the CBIA. As the legislative session kicks off tomorrow, Wyatt discuss the organizations priorities.

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Advocacy Crime

Nikki Goeser

Nikki is the executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Her organization is marking the 18th Annual National Stalking Awareness Month, a subject in which she is, sadly, very well versed.