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 about Senators Murphy, Blumenthal to visit Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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 about The NCAA Is Losing Its Fight To Keep Exploiting College Athletes

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 about News Shapers: Health Care in America

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 about Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen

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 about 'Zion Was the Breaking Point': Why U.S. Senator Called for NCAA to Pay Players

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 about Bill would bring chemotherapy treatment equity

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 about U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Hopes to End the Madness and Pay College Athletes

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 about As New Zealand eyes weapons ban, U.S. gun control advocates decry "heartbreaking" lack of action

While most people are fretting over their brackets as March Madness enters the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament this week, US Senator Chris Murphy is thinking about something else sports-related: paying the student athletes playing in the games. The Connecticut lawmaker and his office Thursday released the first in a series of reports about how... Read More about Senator Chris Murphy of Conn. wants the NCAA to pay student athletes

STAMFORD — A Connecticut senator questioned the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday on a proposed budget that would cut funding for the Northeast Corridor. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., challenged Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on the cuts, which he said are incongruous with the administration’s own... Read More about Sen. Murphy questions Northeast Corridor railroad cuts

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut joined high school students in Washington, one year after the March for Our Lives against gun violence. Blumenthal honored three recently passed mass shooting survivors, including James Richman who died in Newtown on Monday, saying the legacy of lives lost due to gun violence should... Read More about Conn. Senators, Student Activists Mark 1-Year Anniversary Of March For Our Lives

Washington – When Paola Esparra left Dorado, Puerto Rico for New Britain a little more than a year ago, she thought she was fleeing her hurricane-wrecked homeland for an education in accounting at Central Connecticut State University. Now her horizons have expanded and Esparra, 22, is considering a future in politics. “It once was not... Read More about CT Latinos travel to D.C. as part of their political education

NEW BRITAIN - Connecticut’s two senators said Monday morning that the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be made public beyond the summary letter Attorney General William Barr provided to Congress. Their comments on the two-year probe were made following a forum on arming teachers with guns at New Britain High School. On Friday,... Read More about Sens. Murphy, Blumenthal call for release of Mueller report

NEW BRITAIN - Students at New Britain High School told a few members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation that teachers should not be armed in schools. The message came during a roundtable discussion in the school’s library with U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes. The legislators were there... Read More about No guns in schools, lawmakers told at roundtable

NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) - Lawmakers held a discussion about gun violence on Monday morning in New Britain. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal joined Rep. Jahana Hayes for a discussion with teachers, students and school administrators. The focus was about keeping guns out of classrooms. Students argued that more guns in school could stifle the... Read More about Lawmakers host gun violence discussion in New Britain

TORRINGTON, Conn. (WtNH) - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is taking a closer look at the impact of the Trump administration's budget proposal on Monday morning. Murphy says the plan cuts critical aid to seniors and low-income families like Medicare and social security. The senator says it would also eliminate federal housing vouchers and the 'Meals on... Read More about Sen. Murphy to discuss impact of Trump administration's budget proposal

The US congress is not going to pass a trade deal with Britain in the event of a hard Brexit, which would inevitably “blow up” the Northern Ireland peace process, a visiting American senator warned, as he spoke of “deep concern” in Washington about the chaotic state of the political process in this country. Chris Murphy... Read More about Brexit: US must ‘put the EU first and Britain second’, senator warns on UK visit

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is heading across the Atlantic tomorrow for a round of meetings with U.K. and Irish government leaders concerning the problems surrounding the British withdrawal from the European Union, commonly known as Brexit. The Connecticut Democrat, who is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is to meet with officials in... Read More about U.S. Sen. Murphy heads overseas for talks about Brexit drama

On Thursday morning, a curious scene emerged on Pennsylvania Avenue: Between the throngs of tourists snapping photos of the Washington Monument and commuters rushing to work, high school students pushed their way toward the White House. At 9 a.m., hundreds of teenagers from the District and suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia left their... Read More about ‘Our friends are dying, so we march’: Students rally to fight gun violence

Environmental advocates are cheering the signing into law of a sprawling natural resources bill that permanently re-authorizes the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and furnishes certain local waterways with a national “wild and scenic” designation. With President Donald Trump’s signing of the John D. Dingell Jr.... Read More about Environmental advocates applaud conservation fund, river protection laws