As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and a father of two young boys who attend public schools, Chris Murphy has more than a passing interest in good schools. So it came as no surprise to see Connecticut’s Democratic U.S. senator down on his hands and knees Friday, Nov. 30, despite being dressed in... Read More about Murphy visits Wallingford middle school to promote STEM learning

Yemeni-Americans living in Connecticut are asking people to put pressure on their elected representatives over U.S. involvement in Yemen’s ongoing civil war. The group was invited by Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Murphy to the Legislative Office Building in Hartford Friday to address Saudi aggression in the area that they say is made possible... Read More about Yemeni-Americans In Connecticut Call For Civil War Cease Fire

HARTFORD – A Waterbury woman spoke at a press conference Friday morning with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., as part of an effort to end the ongoing civil war in Yemen. Fatimah Aulaqi launched an online fundraiser that’s raised $600,000 for relief aid for Yemenis suffering in a brutal civil war. On Friday morning, she joined Murphy,... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy champions effort to end civil war in Yemen

Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy scored a decisive win Wednesday in his campaign to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen, aided by his colleagues’ anger at how the Trump administration is responding to the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. On a 63-37 vote, the Senate approved moving forward a resolution sponsored by Murphy... Read More about Murphy scores win in campaign against U.S. involvement in Yemen

Envision Plum Island: Process to plan island’s future begins Business leaders, government, environmental groups, and other stakeholders begin process of envisioning next steps for Plum Island to find consensus as the federal government prepares it for sale Riverhead, New York – Save the Sound and The Nature Conservancy launched a... Read More about Envision Plum Island: Process to plan island’s future begins

For Chris Murphy, the newly re-elected junior senator from Connecticut, Yemen is a byword for the failures of American foreign policy in the Middle East. For the past three years, he has been a consistent and often lonely voice in the government for ending United States military support for Saudi Arabia’s war on its southern neighbor, which... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy’s Lonely Quest to End the War in Yemen

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy introduced legislation Wednesday to strictly limit schools from physical restraining students and prohibit schools from placing students in seclusion. The “Keeping All Students Safe Act” is needed, he says, to protect students from the dangers of seclusion and restraint pointed to in a 2009... Read More about Murphy Seeks Protections for Students from Seclusion and Restraint

WTNH - Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy want funding to protect places of worship to remain the same. Funding is currently at $60 million for FEMA's non-profit security grant program. It's expected to be at $35 million next fiscal year. The NSGP program helps nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist attack make... Read More about Connecticut Senators fight to keep funding intact for house of worship protection

WTNH - Tonight, local politicians and activists are also reacting to the Thousand Oaks, California mass shooting. They say something has to be done. "When congress does effectively nothing shooting after shooting after shooting, it looks as if we are endorsing these terrible, deranged individuals who are carrying out these shootings", says Senator... Read More about Connecticut politicians, Sandy Hook Promise respond to Thousand Oaks shooting

The Parkland kids — the student activists and survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last February that took the lives of 17 students and staff members — had been on the road all summer, championing legislation to prevent gun violence and registering young voters. Now, on a... Read More about Can Chris Murphy Capture the Soul of the Democratic Party?

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined Connecticut's community colleges, their foundations and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) on Oct. 17 to announce the establishment of the Precision Metalforming Association Scholarship for Tunxis (TCC), Middlesex (MxCC) and Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) students who are studying precision... Read More about CT Community Colleges and U.S. Sen. Murphy Announce Scholarship

WASHINGTON – A senator who championed legislation earlier this year to increase access to mental and behavioral health care for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges is worried the word isn’t getting out to the thousands of veterans now eligible for care they were previously denied. The Honor Our Commitment Act, approved as part... Read More about Senator: VA missed deadline to inform vets with 'bad paper' about access to mental health care

Wheeler received a five-year federal grant in the amount of $2.5 million to serve families in Hartford, whose infants and children age birth to 12 have experienced trauma, and are at risk for, show early signs of, or have been diagnosed with a mental illness or Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This grant is only one of 10 awarded... Read More about Wheeler Awarded $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Support Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health in Hartford

Connecticut is receiving over 20 million dollars in federal funding to combat the opioid epidemic. The state plans to buy 10,000 doses of Narcan. The drug, also known as Naloxone, is used in emergency situations to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said he keeps the drug in his car in case he... Read More about Connecticut Receives $20 Million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., cited persistent race-based socioeconomic disparities as the root of his newly introduced Strength in Diversity Act, legislation that would allocate $120 million in grants to create voluntary community-driven strategies and strengthen existing endeavors designed to increase diversity in schools. The legislation... Read More about U.S. Sen. Murphy introduces bill to strengthen school diversity

BRIDGEPORT — U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal on Friday announced that the state will be receiving a $10 million grant to better coordinate the treatment that substance abusers receive, an often overlooked aspect of the recovery process those in the field say. The grant will promote integration and coordination between primary... Read More about $10M to better coordinate substance abuse care

Washington – Connecticut’s senators, joined by one from New York, are demanding Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explain why her agency has shut down visitor access to Plum Island, a spit of land in the Long Island Sound that for years has been shrouded in mystery. Plum Island has been off limits to the general public... Read More about CT senators demand DHS explain ban on Plum Island visitors

The Connecticut congressional delegation is pushing for various amendments aimed at providing financial assistance to homeowners with crumbling foundations, determining the overall financial impact, and creating a map to determine where to find pyrrhotite, the mineral causing foundations to fail. On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, who is... Read More about Senators press for concrete solutions

Connecticut's senators want a long-term solution to a housing dilemma that involves people who fled from last year's hurricane in Puerto Rico. A federal court recently ordered an extension for the government's Transitional Shelter Assistance program to Aug. 7. It was to end on July 24 after previously being extended from July 3. However, Sens.... Read More about CT senators push for long-term housing solution for Puerto Rico hurricane victims

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a news release Friday that the committee on Thursday approved $5 million he requested for the National Coast Guard Museum planned in downtown New London. The money, which ultimately must be approved by the full Congress, can be... Read More about Senate committee approves $5 million requested by Murphy for CG Museum