Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: What Happened In New Britain?

On "Connecticut Today" with Paul Pacelli, Paul spoke with University of New Haven Criminal Justice Prof. Mike Lawlor on the push to improve the state's juvenile justice system in the wake of a hit-and-run death in New Britain involving a juvenile with multiple arrests. (0:55). Next, Paul welcomed David Griffith, senior research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, to chat about Connecticut's poor performance in a new study looking at the state of standards for civics and U.S. history across the country in 2021 (12:59). Finally, Stratford State Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly came on to talk about comments made by Democrats after a rally held at the Capitol to protest the extension of Governor Ned Lamont’s Covid-19 emergency powers (27:03).

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