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Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, bipartisan government funding legislation that includes nearly $14 million in funding for Connecticut’s First District.
A $5.4 million federal grant will give another financial boost to Bradley International Airport for the construction of a $151 million facility where checked bags will undergo security inspections.
Hartford, CT - Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $61.4 million for Connecticut drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding is part of the over $50 billion investment in water infrastructure upgrades from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—the largest such investment in American history.
For more than two decades in Washington, D.C., East Hartford Congressman John B. Larson has been harping on the need to protect the Social Security system, or as he likes to say, America’s best insurance policy.
SOUTH WINDSOR — As a teen who loves technology and video games but struggles with procrastination, South Windsor High School senior Ryan Duong found a way to use his passion to solve his problem.
Ryan, 17, created an app called "ClockIn!," a program that allows users to schedule out their tasks.
While there are many apps that have similar functions, what makes his app unique is that "you can only schedule plans for today or tomorrow, so you don't overwhelm yourself," he said.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that Ryan Duong, a student at South Windsor High School, won the First District's 2023 Congressional App Challenge for his “ClockIn!” schedule planning app.
East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $4 million in new federal funding awarded to RTX Technology Research Center in East Hartford, Connecticut, to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid.
Connecticut will receive federal funding to purchase 50 electric school buses for two school districts as the Biden administration continues rolling out its infrastructure plans.
A Connecticut-based bus company is one of 67 recipients to receive an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition, which aims to improve air quality for students and boost manufacturing. The program’s funding was included in the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021.
HARTFORD — The expected donation of 19th century factory buildings to the planned Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford will be a vital step, local and federal leaders said Monday, in making the area under the blue onion dome a destination as well as a window into a cradle of American ingenuity.