GUILFORD, CT - U. S. Sen. Chris Murphy toured five different area locales Thursday to push his climate change initiative. One of the places he visited was Bishop's Orchards - the site of largest farm energy project undertaken yet to date in the state of Connecticut. Bishop's has built an extensive solar farm to fuel its operations. On a tour of... Read More

WALLINGFORD — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Thursday the nation is in a race with the China in the energy sector it can not afford to lose. Murphy said the Chinese are working with energy technology companies in a variety of areas, including developing new ways to make hydrogen that will be used in such things as power storage and... Read More

MADISON, Conn. (WTNH) - A special visitor at the Meigs Point Nature Center in Madison on Thursday. Senator Chris Murphy toured the facility at Hammonasset Beach State Park. He learned about the environmental conservation efforts going on there. The senator also discussed environmental issues impacting the shoreline. Senator... Read More

There were two points U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta stressed several times throughout his visit to Eastern Connecticut on Tuesday: It's crucial to promote what he calls "demand-driven education," and that manufacturing wages have gone up more than wages for any other sector in Connecticut. At the request of Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.,... Read More

Tara Gottlieb’s parents were closing their jewelry store in Connecticut one evening when a drug addict took both of their lives with a stolen gun. Now, she advocates for gun sense. The gun used to kill Gottlieb’s parents was stolen from a Greenwich home during a break-in. “You know, right now, Connecticut is very focused on safe... Read More

The U.S. Secretary of Labor spent much of Tuesday getting an up-close look at the region’s Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative, a collaborative effort between local employers and schools aimed at addressing the need for qualified workers at high-tech companies such as Electric Boat. Secretary Alexander Acosta, flanked by the U.S. Sens. Richard... Read More

Although his time was brief, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy took a quick tour of ASML in Wilton on Monday, April 15, and spoke to employees, praising them and the company for their work and the facility’s expansion project. “Thank you for making a big commitment to Connecticut in advanced manufacturing,” Murphy told several hundred ASML... Read More

Hundreds attended a forum at the Gaelic American Club (GAC) in Fairfield on April 15, 2019 to listen to US Senator Chris Murphy and former Congressman Bruce Morrison talk about Brexit's impact on Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Peace Accord. The forum was attended by many community leaders including Fairfield First Selectman Michael... Read More

FAIRFIELD, CT - U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal visited striking Stop & Shop Workers in Fairfield Monday afternoon on the fifth day of the workers' strike against the company. Murphy said: "Stop & Shop workers are facing big cuts to their health care and take-home pay. I support folks who are standing up and speaking out.... Read More

NORWALK — From the Walk Bridge to the SoNo Collection Mall to the construction at Washington Village, Sen. Chris Murphy received a “bird’s-eye view” of a variety of projects happening in the city. “In this job, you need to make sure you know all the local opportunities so that if some money shows up at the federal... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy says it’s time for Congress to reinvent the way colleges and universities are accredited to put the emphasis on the real world outcomes of their students. “The outcomes crisis in higher education is real and it threatens to bankrupt the students, families, and the American treasury if we... Read More

NEW HAVEN,Conn. (WTNH) - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is set to unveil new legislation Monday that would boost innovation and entrepreneurship in New Haven. Murphy will tour District, a tech hub that includes co-working space, businesses and an engineering school, with CEO David Salinas, a member of Murphy's Advisory Council on fostering... Read More

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) - In an effort to end violence against women, Connecticut lawmakers are visiting the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Wethersfield on Monday. This comes after the U.S. House of Representatives reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act. U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal will have a... Read More

When the men’s basketball Final Four tips off Saturday in Minneapolis, the NCAA’s biggest and most lucrative event will proceed as it normally does: the athletes on the floor for Virginia and Auburn, Michigan State and Texas Tech, will play games that generate hundreds of millions of dollars in total revenue for their schools, the NCAA... Read More

In the wake of the Trump administration's latest attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act, Axios' Mike Allen sat down with a series of policy makers to dissect the state and future of health care in America. Why it matters: We heard from leaders on both sides of the aisle as well as Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R), who earlier this week... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen . The Senate passed the same resolution in March with bipartisan support. Trump is expected to issue a veto of the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Long before he was Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., he was Commissioner Chris Murphy. When he was 10 or 11, Murphy formed a fantasy football league with his friends in middle school. This was in the days before the internet, of course, so he would spend hours putting together giant draft boards and writing out the available players... Read More

Even if you’ve never been diagnosed with cancer, you probably have an image of what treatment looks like. A patient hooked up to an IV, maybe having lost some of their hair. They’re tired and nauseous, and struggle to hold on to their sense of who they were before cancer. Until recently, this was the only way to fight the... Read More

It was when Zion Williamson’s shoe exploded in the first 30 seconds of the Duke-UNC game in late February that Senator Chris Murphy decided it was time to do something. The Democrat from Connecticut had been looking into the NCAA’s rules against paying student-athletes for about five months by the time Williamson—the mortal lock... Read More

Washington — When a gunman stormed two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and killed 50 people, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promptly announced she would push for a national ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. The stark contrast between the rapid action in New Zealand and the lack of federal... Read More