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Windsor, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $350,000 in new federal funding for CONNSTEP at Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Inc. in Windsor, to strengthen the competitiveness of Connecticut’s small and medium-sized manufacturers and grow the state’s hydrogen and fuel cell energy industry.
The roof leaks over Lt. Cliff Barliss's cot, water trickles from the shower onto the tiny kitchen area, and the narrow stairs to the second floor feature a big outline of a body painted on the wall marking the spot where a firefighter fell as he raced down the twisting wood stairs to respond to a call, one of some 1,700 last year.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and East Hartford Mayor Connor S. Martin announced $1 million in new federal funding for the East Hartford Fire Department to replace the town’s outdated Fire Station 2 and offer new firefighter training to better combat house fires.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that his office is accepting applications for Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding requests.
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford is one step closer to getting a new federal courthouse.
The new building will hold many more courtrooms than currently can fit in the existing Abe Ribicoff Federal Building.
Top lawmakers met with union leaders Monday morning to announce a project labor agreement.
The federal government is looking to park a new, almost $400 million federal courthouse, which is now a surface lot between People’s Bank Arena and Union Station. The current federal courthouse is just too small.
Hundreds of displaced tenants have moved back into Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill after a disastrous series of water line breaks, flooding and electrical failures, but more than 200 apartments remain shut down with their residents staying in hotels or with family or friends.
Local and state officials report large work crews on the property every day, and are optimistic that the last two buildings can be put back in service by the first days of March.
BRISTOL — Congressman John Larson and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz presented city leaders with a check for a $3,150,000 federal earmark to “jumpstart the city’s plans for a joint police and fire training facility.”
Larson and Bysiewicz presented a large check to local police and fire commissioners at City Hall. They were joined by Rep. Mary Fortier, members of the City Council, Officer Alec Iurato, Fire Chief Richard Hart and Police Chief Mark Morello.