NEW HAVEN. Conn. (WTNH) – A New Haven Academy student is in the nation’s capitol to work in the U.S. Senate as a page. Rance Smith is a junior at New Haven Academy and school officials say that he is a leader and always seeks opportunities to grow and to make a positive impact in the community. Smith is the President of the Student... Read More

Homes dating back to the 1770s dot Connecticut. Many of them, including those that remain from post-World war II building booms, may run water through lead pipes and old solder. That troubles Sen. Christopher S. Murphy. As the drama of lead-tainted water in Flint, Mich. unfolds, Murphy said he plans to propose tax credits for homeowners who update... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded recent efforts in the state to combat the growing heroin and opioid epidemic. Those efforts include Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposal to increase access to naloxone and establish the new public-private... Read More

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both D-Conn, are urging Germany to buy local.The senators on Tuesday urged Germany to replace its helicopter fleet with new Sikorsky-made CH-53K King Stallion aircraft Murphy and Blumenthal emphasized that maintaining interoperability between German and American equipment is critical for the two... Read More

KENT — There are some topics that all three of the town's federal legislators can rally around, and land conservation is one of them. U.S. Rep. Elizabeth H. Esty of the 5th District, and Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Christopher S. Murphy, all Democrats, came together Saturday to visit the town and celebrate recent legislative... Read More

NORWICH — Faced with what he called a “tsunami” of Americans who will turn 65 in the next quarter century, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said new laws are needed to ensure the country is equipped to deal with long-term home health care needs. “This is important to get this right now, because if we don’t, not only... Read More

OLD LYME, CT (WFSB) -A trade agreement between the United States and Europe about cheese could impact a lot of Connecticut farmers. For more than two decades, Suzanne Sankow has been making lots of cheese on Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm in Old Lyme. “We make raw milk cow cheese. We make feta, pleasant valley. We make sheep cheese,” Sankow... Read More

In a letter to federal officials, Connecticut's congressional delegation are touting the state's cheeses and railing against a practice that would restrict labeling of foodstuffs not from a specific town or region. The European Union is calling for language in the upcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement that would prevent... Read More

Since the early days of our republic, America’s military has won tough victories by pursuing innovative tactical advantages and challenging the unwritten rules of how “modern” wars should be fought. In the American Revolution, while the British were standing in lines banging on drums in open fields, America’s ragtag guerilla... Read More

The Senate last night voted unanimously to pass the Judicial Redress Act, a bill that lawmakers and international negotiators once viewed as critical to securing a new data-transfer pact between the United States and the European Union. “We took a major step today toward strengthening America’s security, enhancing international... Read More

Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., are urging the Federal Railroad Administration to hold "listening sessions" with communities, including Old Lyme, that could be affected by a proposed rail alternative. One of the options proposed in a plan for upgrades to the Northeast Corridor calls for the... Read More

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In the wake of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a Connecticut U.S. senator is urging more timely warnings from the Environmental Protection Agency. Homeowners in Flint weren’t notified immediately of lead poisoning in the water as the EPA was unclear whether, under federal law, they were authorized to alert... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy visited the University of Connecticut Health Center this week to highlight cancer research and President Obama’s call for a moonshot in the fight against the deadly disease. Murphy also celebrated a $2 billion increase in National Institute of Health medical research grants authorized by Congress for 2016. NIH... Read More

In a boost for Connecticut’s largest manufacturer, Poland has restarted negotiations with Stratford-based Sikorsky for the sale of up to 70 Black Hawk helicopters, according to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, who said he has been pushing for the move. “I met with Polish Minister of Defense (Tomasz) Siemoniak last year and vigorously made the... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy pushed Friday for passage of the Students Before Profits Act as a way to prevent abuses among for-profit colleges like the Marinello Schools of Beauty, which closed its campuses in Niantic and nationwide this week after being cited for fraudulent business practices. Murphy, D-Conn., said the legislation he introduced this... Read More

The Senate has passed U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy's amendment to increase federal usage of recycled refrigerants in federally-owned buildings. He said it would greatly reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons. Murphy said HFCs are a super pollutant and significant driver of climate change. "Don't look now, but the Senate just unanimously passed a climate... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded final passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act, a bill that ensures that the Coast Guard is able to support the construction and installation of exhibits and displays for the National Coast Guard Museum in New London. The bill will now head to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed into... Read More

Connecticut's federal lawmakers are applauding final passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act, including language that allows federal funding to support displays and exhibits — which would include, for example, structures inside the National Coast Guard Museum planned for downtown New London. That support, however, would not extend to the... Read More

NEWTOWN — Sandy Hook Promise, a gun violence prevention group formed after the 2012 shootings in Newtown that killed 20 children and six educators, has created a page thanking Facebook for cracking down on private gun sales on the networking site. Facebook and its photo sharing platform Instagram recently changed its policy and is banning... Read More

NEWINGTON — Atlas Stamping and Manufacturing Corp., on North Mountain Road, was recognized last week by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy as the featured "Monday Manufacturer" on his website. Founded in 1967, family-owned Atlas is a full-service metal stamping shop that manufactures assemblies, brackets, gaskets, washers, shims and seals for the... Read More