
The Wheelhouse
Wednesdays at 9:00 AM & 8:00 PM, available as a podcast
Local and national politics, but with the noise turned down and the perspective turned up. The Wheelhouse works to make Connecticut politics more understandable…and more accessible.
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From rolling back access to healthcare to removing the “X” gender option on passports, the Trump administration is rejecting trans identity. On the next Wheelhouse, what’s being done about it and what Connecticut’s trans community needs to know.
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Can local lawmakers improve energy infrastructure and save ratepayers money? Plus, the bears are back–outta hibernation. How are state environmental officials reacting?
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Protests against the Trump administration are ramping up. In this hour, as people in Connecticut and beyond yell, “hands off,” we discuss who’s rising up and what they want.
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State officials are sounding the alarm after the federal government cut $150 million dollars in public health grants. This hour looks at what that means for tracking diseases, childhood vaccinations, and more in Connecticut.
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Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire at the end of this year. In this hour of The Wheelhouse, we ask, will Congress extend them?
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Is Medicaid on the chopping block? Lawmakers from Connecticut unpack proposed federal funding cuts to help the more than one million state residents relying on Medicaid understand how the cuts will impact their healthcare coverage.
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Connecticut residents are stressed over the lack of affordable housing. Can lawmakers help? Also on this week’s Wheelhouse, Congressman John Larson tells us why he’s fired up about the future of Social Security.
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Connecticut is home to roughly 19,000 federal workers. Many, including veterans, were laid off as part of the Trump administration’s plan to downsize the federal government.
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Connecticut’s top lawmakers have prioritized criminal justice reform for more than a decade. Have they moved the needle? Are they working to curb racial disparities in the system in 2025?
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One of the most polarizing trials of the civil rights era happened right here in Connecticut. This hour, we’re going back in time to the New Haven Black Panther trials.