Capitol Watch

Podcast by Hartford Courant

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

January 22, 2020 • 18 mins

Tolls or no tolls: it's the seemingly endless Connecticut argument, right up there leaving or staying in the state. Well, some sort of end is coming: the 2020 legislative session convenes on Feb. 5. If left unsettled, the toll debate risks being lost in the white-out of sports betting, vaping, recreational marijuana, the budget and other likely issues up for discussion. Capitol bureau chief Christopher Keating talks about transpo...

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

January 14, 2020 • 12 mins

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

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

January 7, 2020 • 22 mins

You might have parked in a metered parking space to pick up your dry cleaning (you want to look good when you meet your new interior designer). Hopefully, you also just snagged some new safety goggles, for when all that dust is flying around your house. Time to peek at your bank account: yikes. On Jan. 1, a new wave of taxes, fees and laws took effect in Connecticut. We're not talking break-the-bank amounts, but for many Connect...

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

December 24, 2019 • 25 mins

We covered a lot of ground in 2019. The government shutdown. The seemingly endless toll debate. The Stop and Shop strike, opioid epidemic, the hottest month in Connecticut history, PFAS chemical spills ... on and on. Along the way, we set up microphones in bars, restaurants, breweries and markets, places like Tangiers International Market, Story and Soil Coffee, Spectra Wired, the Bushnell Park Beer Garden, Know Good Market, Hang...

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

December 17, 2019 • 17 mins

Connecticut’s defense industry will likely receive a sizable chunk of the $738 billion defense spending bill winding its way through Congress, and that means high-paying jobs. Reporter Stephen Singer talks helicopters, jet engines and submarines on the latest Capitol Watch podcast.

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

December 10, 2019 • 25 mins

Highway tolls, restaurant workers’ wages and more could be voted on in a special session between now and the end of December, if Gov. Ned Lamont gets his way. Lamont wants to convene a special legislative session on four contentious issues, and he believes he can go four for four. Capitol bureau chief Christopher Keating weighs in on the latest podcast.

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

December 3, 2019 • 22 mins

Should I leave Connecticut? Should I stay in Connecticut? It's the conversation that never quits. Arianna Basche wrote her own take on it for the Courant's opinion pages a few weeks ago. On this week's Capitol Watch podcast, Basche and opinion editor Leslie Cory dive deeper into Basche's decision to stay put (for now) and what that means for her life and career going forward.

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

November 26, 2019 • 21 mins

October was anti-bullying month, but there's really no bad time to talk about the dangers of bullying. Stamford teacher Danielle Waring's life was forever changed by it. And when one of her tormentors later tried to apologize, Waring found it hard to forgive and forget. How would you respond? On the latest Capitol Watch podcast, opinion editor Leslie Cory explores that topic in a conversation with Waring, who reads an essay publ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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