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  • March 09, 2021
    With Congress on the verge of passing a historic $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Connecticut is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars more than anticipated from the federal government, and the Gov. Ned Lamont administration is trying to determine how the additional funding will be spent. Among other provisions, the federal... Read More
  • March 09, 2021
    STAMFORD — Stamford Health’s COVID-19 clinic is already doling out between 700 and 900 doses primarily of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine on weekdays. On weekends, that number climbs as high as 1,200, according to Stamford Health officials. But the shared goal of the hospital, the city and legislature is to continue increasing that... Read More
  • March 09, 2021
    A leading voice in the US Congress against the Saudi war in Yemen has called on the UK to follow in the Biden administration’s footsteps and end offensive weapons sales to the kingdom, saying Britain ought not to have any greater interest in “perpetuating war crimes” than the US does. Senator Chris Murphy, an influential Democrat... Read More
  • March 08, 2021
    The soon-to-pass federal Covid stimulus bill will send close to $100 million in direct aid to the city and then millions more to the schools and other local agencies. But in itself it won’t solve the city’s budget problems or prevent a tax hike. That word emerged from a press conference outside City Hall Monday morning featuring Mayor... Read More
  • March 08, 2021
    NEW HAVEN — Mayor Justin Elicker said the American Rescue Plan Act could help lead the city — which is battling the economic impact of the pandemic — into the future. The city would be expected to receive about $95 million in town aid under the federal legislation, which was passed by the Senate and is now under consideration by... Read More
  • March 04, 2021
    COVID relief funding from the federal government, if passed into law, will make a historic reduction in child poverty and could also strongly support programs for kids hit hard by pandemic. The relief bill close to passage in the Senate could provide tax credits that raise the families of 4.1 million children above the poverty level. The... Read More
  • March 03, 2021
    President Biden’s strike in Syria is reviving a dormant fight over war powers as Congress looks to claw back some of its authority. The military action sparked grumbling from Democrats who say they weren’t adequately consulted on the strikes and questioned where Biden drew the authority, which the White House says falls under his... Read More
  • March 03, 2021
    Congressional lawmakers this week revived an effort to enact significant gun safety laws for the first time in more than 25 years by introducing bills to establish a universal background check system that has broad support from the public. The bills introduced Tuesday in the House and Senate would extend current federal background check... Read More
  • March 02, 2021
    Democrats are reintroducing legislation to expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress. The bill, called the Background Check Expansion Act, would expand background checks for all firearm... Read More
  • March 02, 2021
    NEWTOWN — Bills that would expand background checks for firearms sold online and at gun shows were welcomed Tuesday by two nonprofits that formed after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. “This is bipartisan legislation that has the support of 97 percent of Americans, so it should pass out of Congress easily,” said Po Murray, chairwoman... Read More
  • March 01, 2021
    I know firsthand how challenging this past year has been for parents and kids. The pandemic has forced my two boys to learn from home. It’s kept them from the friends and the activities they love. And it’s earned me and my wife new titles: part-time teachers. Still, in so many ways, my children are lucky. They have two parents who have... Read More
  • February 27, 2021
    HARTFORD — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said the COVID-19 relief package passed Friday night by the U.S. House of Representatives would directly fund outreach efforts in Hartford as well as additional vaccine clinics and increase the supply of vaccine to Connecticut. He spoke Saturday after touring a vaccination clinic at Dunkin’ Donuts... Read More
  • February 24, 2021
    Senator Chris Murphy, who introduced legislation earlier this month with Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts that would allow college athletes and prospective college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), said Wednesday that the proposed bill hopes to create an equitable landscape for all athletes, regardless of their gender or... Read More
  • February 17, 2021
    After spending weeks denouncing the mob attack on the Capitol and the past president's role in the assault, Democratic stalwart Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut will now play a role in handling domestic threats as the new leader of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Murphy said the U.S. "faces a significant rise of... Read More
  • February 17, 2021
    In helping kids overcome the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, don’t devalue recreation and enrichment for children once this school year ends. That’s an emerging argument from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. A member of the Senate education committee, Murphy says that while he doesn’t want to dismiss concerns about lost... Read More
  • February 16, 2021
    MIDDLETOWN — The state’s junior U.S. senator met with education and summer camp officials Tuesday to gauge their priorities in an era when students are experiencing learning loss, as well as emotional and social distress as a result of the pandemic. “This is a very, very important summer for kids,” U.S. Sen Chris Murphy,... Read More
  • February 16, 2021
    Connecticut leaders are now focusing on vaccine inequities after data released by the state's Department of Public Health showed people of color were not receiving vaccines at the same rates as white people. Health leaders along with senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, and Congressman John Larson held a roundtable about the racial inequities... Read More
  • February 15, 2021
    White House officials met last week with several gun violence prevention groups as they weigh how to move forward on an issue that has stymied Democrats for years. The White House says President Biden is “personally committed” to action on an issue he has tackled many times in the past. Less than a month into the new administration,... Read More
  • February 13, 2021 — by Eliza Fawcett
    Despite Donald Trump’s second impeachment acquittal in the U.S. Senate late Saturday afternoon, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Chris Murphy said after the historic vote that the trial afforded a measure of accountability against the former president for his role in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol last month. “No one wanted to... Read More
  • February 12, 2021
    For Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, serving as jurors in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has meant returning, in graphic detail, to the trauma of Jan. 6, when a mob of far-right Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. “None of this is fun. What we are doing as a jury is reliving that day,”... Read More

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