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Connecticut's Civic Health; Curing Cancer; a Look at GE's Big Move

Chion Wolf
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WNPR
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.

A new report on Connecticut's civic health was released Tuesday. This hour, we discuss its findings with Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. 

Also, President Barack Obama endorsed a new “moonshot” to cure cancer in his State of the Union address last week. We find out how his words resonated with members of the local medical community.

And later, the Manhattan Institute's Aaron Renn explains why Connecticut lost GE.

GUESTS:

  • Denise Merrill - Connecticut Secretary of the State
  • Dr. Roy Herbst - Ensign Professor of Medicine and Chief of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, and Smilow Cancer Hospital
  • Aaron Renn - Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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