BRISTOL - The opioid epidemic dominated talks Friday during a roundtable discussion between Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and more than a dozen representatives from area ambulance service providers. The discussion was hosted by Bristol Hospital during national EMS Week. The biggest issue, EMS officials agreed, is that addicts have very... Read More

Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy has teamed up with Sen. Rand Paul to try to block part of a proposed $110 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, but not the portion that would benefit Sikorsky. The senators on Thursday introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to force the U.S. Senate to vote on a resolution blocking a portion of weapons... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget drew predictable howls from Connecticut’s Democratic congressional delegation for its massive cuts to social programs, but it also evoked complaints that defense spending increases were insufficient. The 2018 budget, officially unveiled Tuesday, boosted defense... Read More

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Saturday slammed the $110 billion defense deal President Trump signed with Saudi Arabia, saying the U.S. is relying on a country with "the worst human rights record in the region" to bring peace and security to the Middle East. “It appears the Trump administration is counting on the country with the... Read More

A federal report has found that 62 percent of military personnel discharged for misconduct from 2011 through 2015 had been diagnosed with mental illnesses that could have caused their behaviors. The Government Accountability Office report concluded that the military failed to follow policies designed to prevent... Read More

On the Senate floor Thursday, Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was highly critical of President Donald Trump and Republicans who control the House and Senate for their performances in trying to abolish Obamacare and come up with a meaningful replacement. Murphy blamed President Trump for making a slew of promises on health care that aren’t... Read More

Facebook Inc. came to the city Friday afternoon to give small business owners a crash course in marketing on the social media platform. More than 450 people attended the free conference at the Omni Hotel, part of a nationwide small business tour by the social media giant. It was the company's first stop in Connecticut. No business is too small... Read More

A Derby man who is undocumented and had been scheduled for deportation to his native Guatemala will be allowed to stay in the United States for two more years. Luis Barrios and his daughter, Jessica, were all smiles shortly after meeting Friday with officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs... Read More

Donald Trump’s air strike against the Assad regime didn’t do much to resolve the conflict in Syria — but it did do a great deal to expose the conflict over foreign policy within the Democratic Party. Hours after the attack, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate applauded the president’s decision to... Read More

Legislation to revise the Affordable Care Act drew swift condemnation in Connecticut, with critics saying it will raise health care costs and remove protections for older and sicker people. Changes to the legislation that were made to woo conservative Republicans let states elect to decide what services health insurance plans... Read More

HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Wednesday to overturn an Obama-era rule designed to help states create retirement saving programs. Last year, Connecticut voted to move forward with setting up a public retirement system for all Connecticut residents. It asked every employer with more than five employees to deduct three... Read More

DERBY — The tears flowed freely outside Luis Barrios’ Chestnut Drive home late Wednesday afternoon. But they weren’t the expected sorrowful ones coming from his four American-born children and Guatemalan wife as they said goodbye before he was to have left on a 10-year exodus from the U.S. These were tears of happiness and... Read More

HARTFORD — An immigrant facing deportation to Guatemala has the support of Connecticut’s two U.S. senators, who are trying to prevent him from being sent back to a country he left 25 years ago amid threats to his family. Luis Barrios, a married father of four U.S.-born children, is scheduled to board a flight from New York to Guatemala... Read More

New London — The budget deal reached Sunday night by congressional negotiators includes $5 million for the National Coast Guard Museum planned for downtown New London. Congress still needs to pass the $1 trillion budget bill, which will fund the government through the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The measure... Read More

Sen. Chris Murphy took credit for portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday intended to boost federal “Buy American” policies. Murphy, D-Conn., has been an outspoken critic of many of the president’s policies. But he said Trump included some ideas he sent to the White House shortly after the... Read More

STAMFORD — As a critical deadline to keep the federal government open approaches, Connecticut’s two U.S. senators told a local crowd of Planned Parenthood supporters Thursday that funding for the organization is in jeopardy. U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Mayor David Martin at the... Read More

ANSONIA — Federal funding and tax credits could help turn the city’s brownfields green again. And U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Congress’ passing his and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty’s joint clean-up legislation could make that happen. “It’s not a game changer, but one more small economic benefit to a... Read More

United States Senator Chris Murphy visited the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on April 11 to unveil his new foreign policy proposal, “Rethinking the Battlefield.” The event was hosted by University of Connecticut Global Affairs and the Thomas J. Dodd Center, and around 200 people- including UConn students,... Read More

HARTFORD --  Senator Chris Murphy announced Wednesday a legislation to protect and grow manufacturing jobs here in Connecticut. It's all part of the "American Jobs Matter Act" to get those manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Murphy said the new act would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to take into account U.S. jobs when awarding government... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (WTNH)  –  Democratic Connecticut U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is leading the call for new funding to upgrade the nation’s rail lines including the Northeast Corridor. Murphy and other Senators sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development... Read More