HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)– It’s been more than three months since the House passed a second Coronavirus stimulus bill. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is renewing his call for the Senate to take up that bill to get money in the hands of communities across the country. Hartford was hit hard and early in the pandemic. Now, Senator Murphy thinks... Read More about Sen. Murphy meets with Hartford leaders as he continues to push for new Covid-19 stimulus bill

STAMFORD — Health care information firm Sema4’s executives believe their business is “well positioned” after recently raising $121 million in new funding and achieving an overall valuation of more than $1 billion. With scores of employees on their way to their new building in Stamford’s Waterside section,... Read More about The ‘ideal location’: Sema4 shows off its new Stamford lab

SHELTON — Faced with impending pandemic-induced layoffs and furloughs, Bing Carbone and his executives staff at Modern Plastics had to think fast. “We had to come up with a game plan,” he recalled. “We are in the business of plastics and saw a need for mass production of face shields and face masks so we quickly retrofitted... Read More about While others were downsizing, Shelton’s Modern Plastics found itself upsizing

Newhallville resident Lisa Hargreaves opened her door Friday to the familiar faces of U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, State Rep. Robyn Porter, and State Sen. Gary Winfield after the team came knocking with handouts on completing the U.S. census. Hargreaves told the census group that she completed her form about a month ago and would pass on the information... Read More about Pols Make Census Push In Newhallville

WATERBURY – U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy visited a local manufacturer Thursday where employees showed him how the company has been using its technology to create personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. LoganTech, at 327 Huntingdon Ave., manufactures technology for people with disabilities, including communication devices for... Read More about Waterbury manufacturer shows off its transition to PPE production for pandemic

NEW HAVEN — Lisa Hargreaves said she had taken advantage of filling out the census on the internet and knew why it was important. A cheer went up from the three elected officials who were standing on her porch Friday in their surprise visit to Thompson Street in Hargreaves’ Newhallville neighborhood. “Awesome,” state Rep.... Read More about Murphy walks New Haven to push census participation

As Connecticut’s battle against coronavirus remains steady and the state’s statistics among the best in the country, Sen. Chris Murphy visited the Community Health Center of New Britain to encourage citizens to get tested for the virus as well as thanking frontline workers for their contributions. New Britain was one of the cities in... Read More about Murphy comes to New Britain to encourage residents to get tested for coronavirus, thanks frontline workers

Lydia Martinez is concerned. With only a month to go before the 2020 U.S. Census count ends, the city is barely at 51 percent of its families completing the form. That’s at least seven points lower than 10 years ago. So Martinez, a former city councilwoman who chairs the City Council’s Complete Count Task Force, is working with State... Read More about Why are census numbers down? Some Bridgeport residents fear filling it out

Connecticut Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal visited the Yale medical campus Tuesday morning and met with Yale scientists to discuss SalivaDirect, the new saliva-based testing protocol developed at Yale and validated with a study funded by the NBA. Among these Yale professionals were Dean of the Yale School of Medicine Nancy Brown and Dean... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy praise SalivaDirect after visiting Yale School of Public Health

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., spearheaded a rally Monday at the Silver Street post office to show support for union workers and call for more funding from the Trump Administration to help the agency deal with effects of the pandemic. Connecticut’s junior senator was joined by Mayor Ben Florsheim, state Sen. Matt Lesser and state Rep.... Read More about Sen. Murphy demands more post office funding at CT rally

A group of Democrats is pushing to include provisions in a coronavirus relief package that would force President Trump to hit the gas on the Defense Production Act (DPA) and ramp up production of key medical supplies. The measure from Sens. Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and backed by Senate... Read More about Democrats try to force Trump to boost medical supplies production

A bill that Democratic and Republican senators introduced on Thursday would ban the sale of advanced armed drones to any nation that is not a close ally of the United States, according to lawmakers and congressional aides. The proposed legislation is aimed at halting an effort by the Trump administration to bypass an arms control... Read More about Lawmakers Aim to Prevent Trump From Bypassing Ban on Armed Drone Sales

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would ban the sale of large armed drones to all nations other than close U.S. allies. The legislation was crafted in response to the Trump administration’s move last month to circumvent a 33-year-old arms treaty and sell more large armed... Read More about Senators introduce bill to block Trump armed drone sale measure

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has reintroduced legislation designed to prioritize the federal government’s purchase of American-made goods. According to a statement issued by the Connecticut Democrat’s office, the 21st Century Buy American Act would achieve its goals through a three-pronged approach: closing loopholes that enable federal... Read More about U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy reintroduces ‘Buy American’ legislation

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday would help more mayors and governors delve into international diplomacy and counter what China already is doing in the United States and elsewhere. The City and State Diplomacy Act, a companion bill to one brought before the House last year, seeks to create an Office of Subnational Diplomacy in... Read More about Senators propose enlisting governors and mayors in international diplomacy

As college football leaders work to rescue a football season worth billions in revenue from the threat of COVID-19, the players have become emboldened. They are calling out coaches and lawmakers, rallying for social cause s and asking for answers about how they are expected to safely play through a pandemic. The... Read More about Next in summer of player empowerment: Pac-12 players unite

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation to provide military assistance and reform support to Ukraine over the next five years, underscoring the widespread congressional backing for the nation despite repeated disappointments as it battles Russia-backed forces. The Ukraine Security Partnership Act submitted on... Read More about New Bill Backing Reform In Ukraine Seeks To Show U.S. 'Will Stand By Its Friend'

A push at the federal level would remove police from schools, and a senator from Connecticut joined the charge. Sen. Chris Murphy, along with three other lawmakers, introduced a bill that would pave the way to remove school resource officers and replace them with a counseling system. "Tens of thousands of kids are arrested at school every single... Read More about Sen. Murphy helps introduce legislation to remove officers from schools

Squads of heavily armed men, often in uniforms without identifying insignia, attack suspected enemies of the state, throw them into unmarked cars, and carry them away. This is the scenario that has unfolded in Portland, Ore., over recent days. Although it is new in the United States, in other parts of our hemisphere it is a familiar tactic. I saw... Read More about Trump’s Portland tactics are the stuff we decry in other countries

The sheer scale of President Trump’s corruption and contempt for oversight can be dispiriting and daunting. But it’s also forcing congressional Democrats to find new ways to chip away at Trump’s anti-accountabilty fortress. One such new effort concerns a topic that is rarely discussed — Trump’s abuse of the... Read More about Six months later, Democrats keep working to unearth a big national security secret