Saving money is always an important issue, including now when people are faced with the possibility of not having income coming in, or the threat of job loss due to the economy! Paul Tyler called Gary Byron with some tips to help people save during these trying times.
Eversource has been in the news for the ridiculous price hike that they enforced on folk's electric bills and Tricia Modifica, a spokesperson for the company came on with Gary to explain what's going on.
The VA hospitals were inspected to see how they're prepared for the coronavirus and the Chief Investigative Reporter Len Besthoff was on with Gary to tell him all about it.
ENATOR TONI BOUCHER, will talk about: Connecticut is one of nine states that had a smaller population in fiscal year 2017-18, marking a fifth consecutive year of decline, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Nutmeg State had 3,572,665 residents between July 1, 2017, and July 2018, representing a loss of 1,215 residents, or less than a half percent decline. Meantime, the U.S. population increased 0.6 percent due to natural increase of births over deaths and slightly higher international migration. Connecticut, where population peaked in 2013 at 3,594,915, was the only New England state that recorded a lower population last year. Other states with declining populations were New York (down 48,510), Illinois (45,116), West Virginia (11,216), Louisiana (10,840), Hawaii (3,712), Mississippi (3,133), Alaska (2,348) and Wyoming (1,197), federal officials said. Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, lost 129,848 people, or 3.9 percent, for the year. Nevada and Idaho were the country's fastest-growing states last year with population increases of about 2.1 percent. Trailing were Utah (up 1.9 percent), Arizona (1.7 percent) and Florida and Washington (1.5 percent).
