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  • June 28, 2023 — by Lisa Hagen
    Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are seeking millions of dollars in funding for top priorities related to submarines and military construction projects — two areas that greatly contribute to the state’s economy and workforce. They are looking for Congress to approve two major must-pass bills for fiscal year 2024... Read More
  • June 25, 2023 — by GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
    As I reflect on the long and often frustrating battle to end gun violence, I am heartened by the unwavering dedication of leaders committed to making our communities safer. The state of Connecticut is home to many of those leaders—or, as I call them, heroes. The president’s decision to attend the recent Safer Communities... Read More
  • June 23, 2023 — by Bridget Bronsdon
    Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, along with West Hartford and other local advocates, took a stand on the West Hartford Pride Stage Friday morning to make their own stand – to urge passage of the Equality Act, legislation that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans.  “Connecticut has led the way over... Read More
  • June 22, 2023 — by Lisa Hagen
    After taking a brief pause last week to celebrate one year since the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a group of gun safety advocates from Connecticut quickly returned to Washington, D.C., to push for more change. They took a moment in West Hartford to acknowledge what they had been fighting for alongside hundreds of other... Read More
  • June 22, 2023 — by Kelsey Goldbach
    Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Connecticut's two Democratic U.S. Senators, are applauding the rejection of a resolution prompted by what is referred to by some politicians as the “pistol brace ban,” on Thursday. The resolution was spearheaded by its House sponsor, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and largely supported by... Read More
  • June 21, 2023 — by The Bulletin
    The first anniversary of the first federal gun control law passed in nearly 30 years was celebrated Friday at the University of Hartford as a tipping point in American politics by President Joe Biden and one of the measure's key sponsors, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Biden, who came to Connecticut as vice president a decade ago... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Priscilla Alvarez, Sam Fossum and Donald Judd
    President Joe Biden on Friday marked one year since the passage of the first major gun safety legislation in a generation during a summit in Connecticut, as gun violence reaches record levels in the United States and additional congressional action remains stalled. In remarks at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut, the president... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Ronni Newton, Bridget Bronsdon
    The collective power of national groups working to curb violence was focused in West Hartford Friday, where the Safer Communities Summit served as a celebration of the first anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act as well as a call to action to continue the work that is far from done. The summit brought together supporters of the BSCA... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer
    President Biden will speak today about gun violence at an event where he will commemorate the first anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the first gun-safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly three decades.  At the University of Hartford in Connecticut, Biden is expected to tout the law and... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Daniela Altimari
    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden told hundreds of activists from across the nation who came to Connecticut on Friday to celebrate the upcoming anniversary of a bipartisan law that more needs to be done to address gun violence. "We will ban assault weapons in this country," Biden said as the crowd roared its approval. "We will ban... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Christopher Keating
    Highlighting Connecticut’s role as a national leader in gun safety, President Joe Biden traveled Friday to West Hartford to hail the most comprehensive gun law in the past three decades and renew his call for a federal ban on assault weapons. As the marquee speaker at a major national gun summit, Biden celebrated the one-year anniversary of... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Colleen Long
    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden made a passionate call for tougher gun restrictions Friday, celebrating the one-year anniversary of the first significant piece of federal firearms legislation in nearly three decades but declaring it was only an “important first step.” He urged voters to defeat lawmakers who... Read More
  • June 16, 2023 — by Mark Pazniokas
    The first anniversary of the first federal gun control law passed in nearly 30 years was celebrated Friday at the University of Hartford as a tipping point in American politics by President Joe Biden and one of the measure’s key sponsors, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Biden, who came to Connecticut as vice president a decade ago to... Read More
  • June 14, 2023 — by Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
    After an ugly decade of continued mass shootings across the nation, President Biden will gather with Sandy Hook families, senators, mayors, and activists in Connecticut Friday to highlight what they have achieved to increase gun safety. "It will be a moment to mourn those we have lost, celebrate all we have accomplished, and plan for our next... Read More
  • June 13, 2023 — by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy
    When news broke that 19 children were gunned down in a Texas elementary school last May, I went straight to my desk on the Senate floor. I sought recognition to speak, and I proceeded to put my palms together and beg my Republican colleagues to come to the table and find a bipartisan path forward to stop these cataclysmic school shootings. I had... Read More
  • June 10, 2023 — by Luther Turmelle
    Connecticut's U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are joining with several of their counterparts around New England to encourage Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to support a transmission line project that would bring hydropower from Canada into New England via underwater cable beneath Lake Champlain. Blumenthal... Read More
  • June 09, 2023 — by Christopher Keating
    President Joe Biden is expected to attend a major gun control summit next Friday in West Hartford that is attracting speakers from around the country. The White House announced that Biden will be traveling to Connecticut on June 16, but said that further details would be released later. The gun summit, known as The National Safer... Read More
  • June 04, 2023 — by Brianna Gurciullo
    STAMFORD — One of Connecticut’s senators and a state representative for Stamford recently shared a “small world” moment while both were thousands of miles from home. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and state Rep. Hubert Delany, D-144, ran into each other in the lobby of a hotel in Tirana, Albania last month. Murphy, who serves... Read More
  • June 04, 2023 — by Lisa Hagen
    Susan Mitchell hopped onto her tractor on an overcast day in early May to start the early stages of planting summer squash and zucchini for the third growing season on her farm in Columbia. She laid three rows of black plastic mulch to help with moisture retention and weed control as two of her workers, Naomi Ford and Sarah Medeiros, assisted from... Read More
  • May 29, 2023 — by Sanjana Karanth
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Sunday that the tense debt limit talks between the White House and Congress are just the latest example of the Republican Party being “addicted to chaos.” President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an “agreement in principle” over the weekend on... Read More

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