Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking into peer-to-peer payment system Zelle and the growing number of scams on the platform. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations heard testimony Tuesday from the CEO of Early Warning Services, the company that runs the Zelle network. There was also testimony from executives with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase,…
Tuesday’s “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli featured a return visit from University of New Haven criminal justice lecturer and former Supervisory Secret Service Agent Bobby McDonald on the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after her testimony to members of Congress on Monday (00:28). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio stopped by with an…
IROOS Founder, Divorce Scientist, Coach, Mentor & Author, Ravit Rose, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about why she created the Irooze divorce community after her own awful divorce, to help people get divorced without the expensive lawyers and nastiness. Image Credit: djedzura / iStock / Getty Images Plus
After more than 45 years at the Beardsley Zoo, Gregg Dancho is retiring. We had the opportunity to take a look back at the work he’s done at Connecticut’s only zoo, our state capitol and even in Washington DC to promote conservation. We also got a preview of the new CEO for the zoo, Dr.…
Bridgeport made history!! It became the location for the first inner-city school in the US to offer the Tango Program and send students in the air in an aircraft THEY BUILT! We spoke with T (11:50), one of the Bassick High School students in the program, as well as her mentor, David (0:00), about the…
Host Paul Pacelli started a brand-new week on “Connecticut Today” discussing the much-anticipated departure of President Joe Biden from the November White House race (00:28). We got further analysis on the race’s reset from Sacred Heart University Political Science Professor and Scholar in Residence Dr. Gary Rose (11:34). University of New Haven Professor and State…
Senator Richard Blumenthal joins Lisa Wexler to talk about President Biden stepping down from his campaign and Kamala Harris stepping in. Image Credit: REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin
Did you know the deep web and the dark web are two different things? We got a definition of the two and how to protect ourselves from going down the rabbit hole of deception from Crime Prevention Expert, Jim Perez. Image Credit: Getty Images
Last week, a software update for Microsoft cloud services completely failed grounding planes, blocking news stations from broadcasting, preventing banks from accessing vital systems and more across the globe! Days later, there are still lingering problems. How do we avoid this in future? We spoke with our cybersecurity expert, Dr. Vahid Behzadan. Image Credit: Reuters
We met Andrew Mais, President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and Connecticut’s Insurance Commissioner. We talked about his role in the state and asked about expensive health insurance plans. Will the prices ever drop, and will more carriers enter the marketplace? Image Credit: Getty Images