NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Tom Dudchik and the Capitol Report team discuss this week’s hot topics in Connecticut politics:

• Date set for new Democratic primary election in the Bridgeport mayor’s race
• Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) appoints a new Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner
• Lamont and his confidence in growing Connecticut’s business community
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families Commissioner Vannessa Dorantes highlights National Adoption Month
• Republican leaders push back on Lamont’s proposed 2035 EV mandate
• Axios: One-third of U.S. newspapers as of 2005 will be gone by 2024

Watch Capitol Report in its entirety in the video above.