 HARTFORD, Conn. – On the Record Host Steve Kotchko will interview House Majority Leader Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) and House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero (R-Norwalk) on the season’s final episode of OTR, airing on Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) Tonight at 9:30 p.m.
Steve will have these House leaders look back over the just-ended session and ahead to the special session that now is a necessity.
In this legislative session, bills were passed to legalize possession of medical marijuana, grant in-state college tuition to the children of illegal immigrants, and require all hospitals in the state to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.
WNPR’s Av Harris noted that despite all that, there is still significant unfinished business. Democrats who control the general assembly were unable to come to a budget agreement with Republican Governor Jodi Rell by Wednesday night’s midnight deadline.
How they can reach a budget agreement and in what timeframe is what we hope to learn in this program.
After our newsmaker guests, joining us in the reporter’s roundtable will be Ken Dixon of the Connecticut Post and Keith Phaneuf of the Journal Inquirer.
Now in its 21 st year, On the Record ( OTR) is a weekly half-hour public affairs program featuring interviews with Connecticut legislators and policymakers on major topics of importance to state residents. The show is produced by CPTV as part of its mission to deliver a broad array of programming serving the public interest. OTR airs during the legislative session. Show information including newsmaker biographies, airdates, transcripts and viewer comments are available at cptv.org/otr.
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