MICHAEL FREIMUTH, Executive Director Capital Region Development Authority talked to Paul and Brad about: Vaunted NCAA basketball tournament returns to unlikely home in Hartford's XL Center. Hartford's XL Center is one of 14 locations positioned to reap the economic benefits of hosting part of this year's so-called "March Madness" tournament, which annually ranks as the second-largest postseason sporting event in terms of ad revenue behind the Super Bowl.

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Gary talked to former CT State Senator and Republican Nominee for LG in 2018, Joe Markley, who discussed what the CT GOP needs to do to close the gap. What are the RTC's doing? In 39 House and three Senate races, there is one unopposed candidate. That means no major party candidate in 28% of the 151 House Districts. Gary also talked about this with Amy Bourdon, who calls this unacceptable and believes RTC's need to do a better job of vetting candidates.

Gary talked to CT GOP Chairman Ben Proto about the state of the National Republican Party, and state Rep Kurt Vail joined the show to discuss Day Light's Savings Time and the latest goings on in Hartford.