Sunday Talk

Connecticut cheaper than moving to Florida?:

Matt Carbray Ridgeline Financial Partners

The high cost of higher education:

Quinnipiac University president Judy Olian.

Improving Lives:

David Hopkins Urban League

CT Mirror budget reporter Keith Phaneuf discusses the revelation that the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system is sitting on a budget reserve large enough to cover about half of its operating budget. Keith weighs in on what that could mean for tuition and other academic spending in the coming years.

The $150 million dollar cut in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services will impact things like preventative screenings for newborns and health disparity programs. Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D-Fairfield) says it will also impact the state in other ways, like communications systems. For example, public health departments will  go back to faxing records rather than sending them electronically.

Congressman Jim Himes with his concerns about the Trump officials who accidentally included a journalist in their group chat about plans for military strikes in Yemen.

Westport First Selectwoman Jen Tooker (R) on her run for Governor.

John Craven on Ranked Choice Voting.

Fran Rabinowitz, Exec. Director of the CT Assn. of Public School Superintendents, discusses local impacts from shutdown of the U.S. Dept. of Education

DRS Deputy Commissioner John Biello talks about what to know about CT Income Taxes ahead of the April 15 tax filing deadline

Rosemary Salerno talks about the needs of the Southington Community Services Prom Shop, which helps high schoolers by providing prom dresses, suits and accessories for free