The next round of stimulus checks are coming, and with unemployment benefits ending, Patrick Gourley from the University of New Haven jumped on with Gary to break down the impact on the economy from both of these events.
Rob Kane, who is the state auditor for Connecticut, joined Gary Byron on the air to talk about all the troubles that the Connecticut State Lottery is facing and what's being done about it.
Doctor J. Craig Allen, Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine doctor will talk about South Windsor joins towns in looking to change minimum age of tobacco purchases and states that More and more Connecticut towns are looking into making it illegal for teens to buy cigarettes and other nicotine products. Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine Doctor J. Craig Allen believes it's a positive trend. “One of the things raising the smoking age is it takes the cigarettes and it takes the nicotine products out of the hands of high school seniors,” said Allen. Hartford leaders recently raised the minimum age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21. Now communities like Bloomfield, Wallingford, and East Hartford are exploring similar moves. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this
