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Capitol Watch

Podcast by Hartford Courant

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Two weeks before Connecticut’s 2020 legislative session begins, lawmakers are still debating tolls

Two weeks before Connecticut’s 2020 legislative session begins, lawmakers are still debating tolls

Tolls or no tolls: it's the seemingly endless Connecticut argument, right up there leaving or staying in the state.Well,... Read more

22 Jan 2020

18mins

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A new poll shows Connecticut residents favor Biden among Democratic presidential candidates

A new poll shows Connecticut residents favor Biden among Democratic presidential candidates

Michael Vigeant (GreatBlue Research) and Lesley DeNardis, Ph.D. (Sacred Heart University) discuss a new Hartford Courant... Read more

14 Jan 2020

12mins

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The business entity tax vanished on Jan. 1, but you’ll have to pay more for dry cleaning and parking

The business entity tax vanished on Jan. 1, but you’ll have to pay more for dry cleaning and parking

You might have parked in a metered parking space to pick up your dry cleaning (you want to look good when you meet your ... Read more

7 Jan 2020

22mins

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From Gov. Lamont's inauguration to pop-up newsroom events, here are our best podcast clips of 2019

From Gov. Lamont's inauguration to pop-up newsroom events, here are our best podcast clips of 2019

We covered a lot of ground in 2019.The government shutdown. The seemingly endless toll debate. The Stop and Shop strike,... Read more

24 Dec 2019

25mins

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Billions of dollars from Washington are budgeted for Connecticut's defense industry. Here's why.

Billions of dollars from Washington are budgeted for Connecticut's defense industry. Here's why.

Connecticut’s defense industry will likely receive a sizable chunk of the $738 billion defense spending bill winding its... Read more

17 Dec 2019

17mins

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Gov. Ned Lamont wants a special session on tolls, restaurant wages and more. Here's what that means.

Gov. Ned Lamont wants a special session on tolls, restaurant wages and more. Here's what that means.

Highway tolls, restaurant workers’ wages and more could be voted on in a special session between now and the end of Dece... Read more

10 Dec 2019

25mins

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After researching cool places to live, this young Connecticut resident is staying put

After researching cool places to live, this young Connecticut resident is staying put

Should I leave Connecticut? Should I stay in Connecticut? It's the conversation that never quits.Arianna Basche wrote he... Read more

3 Dec 2019

22mins

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This Stamford teacher was bullied in middle school. Here's how she survived.

This Stamford teacher was bullied in middle school. Here's how she survived.

October was anti-bullying month, but there's really no bad time to talk about the dangers of bullying.Stamford teacher D... Read more

26 Nov 2019

21mins

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