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WSHU's Senior Political Reporter Ebong Udoma looks at contemporary political issues from the perspective of his two decades covering local, regional and international events.

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    Capitol Avenue: A Different Kind Of Election Fraud

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 9:20


    Three Bridgeport elected officials have been indicted on election fraud this year. Their alleged manipulation of absentee ballots stokes the attention of a new coalition that is trying to change what they call corruption endemic to Connecticut's largest city. And MAGA fans, this does not validate Trump-era misinformation about absentee ballot abuse.

    Capitol Avenue: A Win Is A Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 9:29


    Last year, he struggled to get his priorities addressed. This year, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is able to take a victory lap for recreational marijuana and a highway use tax for truckers. His legislative record is "decidedly mixed."

    Capitol Avenue: A Lesson In Civics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 7:58


    Sometimes it seems like a special degree is needed to really understand what's included in state budget negotiations. Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro wants residents to better informed about how government with civics education.

    Capitol Avenue: A Shot In The Arm

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 16:24


    Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont wants to get as many shots in the arms of residents as quickly as possible. He said the state's crucial vaccine rollout is the only way to ensure the vaccination that's needed to fully reopen.

    Capitol Avenue: Holding The Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 9:39


    Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont's budget plan skips increasing taxes in favor of new revenue, dipping into savings and a federal bailout. Economists and lawmakers question whether it would be enough when the state is being confronted with big spending needs and a budget shortfall.

    Capitol Avenue: Friends In High Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 6:20


    Connecticut could dodge raising taxes and keep a surplus in its next two-year budget while dealing with a pandemic. Governor Ned Lamont says that's far more likely now that Joe Biden is president.

    Capitol Avenue: King Ned

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 9:31


    Governor Ned Lamont has pretty much run Connecticut without state lawmakers since March to handle the pandemic. Those emergency powers expire in February. What to make of Lamont's rule by executive order as lawmakers return to Hartford for a new legislative session next month.

    Capitol Avenue: Is 2021 The Year For Pot?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 13:55


    Advocates — both encouraged by federal movement to decriminalize marijuana and states opting into the regulated market — say the possibility of Connecticut legalizing recreational marijuana in 2021 could be the economic driver the state has been looking for.

    Capitol Avenue: The GOP In The Wings

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 9:32


    Connecticut's Democratic governor will need support from Republican lawmakers to keep a Democratic supermajority in check.

    Capitol Avenue: Down Ballot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 16:06


    The Connecticut GOP are holding out hope to flip the state red this election.

    Capitol Avenue: City Flippers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 14:30


    Connecticut tries to attract new business to its former manufacturing towns.

    Capitol Avenue: Ballots Counted Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 16:59


    Connecticut's local governments try to build confidence in the electoral process ahead of a hot presidential election amid of a pandemic.

    Capitol Avenue: What To Do With Connecticut's Flailing Utility Companies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 13:38


    Connecticut re-evaluates its relationship with power companies following another "once in a century" storm. Also, a closer look into a local utility that held up as a model as a win-win for ratepayers and the bottom-line.

    Police Accountability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 9:50


    Two lawmakers played a role in passing Connecticut's sweeping new police accountability law that would allow civil lawsuits against police officers accused of crimes while on duty. Senator Gary Winfield, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee is Black. Senate President Martin Looney is White. Both talk about how experiences as teenagers shaped their views on race.

    Interview: Professor Gary Rose On The Presidential Election That Went ‘Haywire'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 7:36


    Sacred Heart University Political Science Professor Gary Rose has just published a book on the 2016 presidential contest. It's called Haywire . It chronicles what Rose calls “the most unconventional and outlandish presidential contest in the history of American politics.”

    Deep Blue Connecticut Faces Fiscal Woes. So Does Deep Red Oklahoma.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 3:31


    Connecticut is a blue state that has fiscal problems. Oklahoma is a red state that has fiscal problems. Conservatives blame Connecticut's problems on liberal tax-and-spend policies. And liberals blame Oklahoma's problems on conservative economic policies.

    How States That Have Decriminalized Marijuana Are Managing Its Recreational Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2017 6:17


    In Connecticut, lawmakers ended their regular legislative session on Wednesday without reaching an agreement on the state's next two-year budget. They are hoping to do that in special session before the end of the month. At issue is a projected $5 billion deficit in the roughly $40 billion two-year state budget being considered. One controversial new revenue source lawmakers are considering to help close that gap is the legalization of the recreational use marijuana. WSHU's Senior Political Reporter Ebong Udoma has been looking into this and joins us now. Ebong how much support is there in the legislature for the legalization of marijuana? EBONG: Tom even though our neighboring state of Massachusetts has recently legalized recreational marijuana, Connecticut legislative leaders didn't believe they had the votes to pass a stand-alone marijuana legalization bill. But they'd like the revenue so they are hoping to bring it during budget negotiations. Here's how House Speaker Joe

    Organizing After The Women's March: Local Lessons From The Tea Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 3:50


    Since Donald Trump was inaugurated almost three weeks ago, there has hardly been a day without a protest. The demonstrations have been passionate and persistent, but it's unclear where they'll go from here.

    Crumbling Foundations In Eastern Connecticut: Who's Going To Pay For It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 4:46


    Thousands of homeowners in northeastern Connecticut are facing a big problem. The foundations of their homes might be crumbling.

    Despite Boycott From Some Democrats, Mayor Ganim To Attend Trump Inauguration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2017 4:30


    Mayor Joe Ganim of Bridgeport, Connecticut, will be one of thousands of elected officials from across the country in Washington D.C. Friday to witness the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.

    Hundreds Of Thousands In Conn. Could Lose Coverage Under ACA Repeal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2016 3:41


    Some Connecticut residents who are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act are speaking up in an effort to convince the Republican-controlled Congress to reconsider repealing President Barack Obama's signature legislation.

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