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Mark Barden remembers the last days he spent with his seven-year-old son, Daniel in December of 2012.
“We were decorating the tree and I had to run to the hardware store for something, and he peeled off from Jackie and his siblings to come with me to the hardware store rather than pick out treats, because he didn't want me to be alone,” Barden said.
Days later, his son would be one of the 26 students and educators killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
As the federal government rolls back guidance on immunizations, Connecticut officials are pushing back, defending the safety of vaccines and encouraging residents not to be swayed.
Connecticut Senate Democrats on Friday criticized a decision by an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end a 34-year-old universal vaccination recommendation for hepatitis B and replace it with a recommendation to vaccinate newborns only if the mother tests positive or has not been tested for the virus.
Multiple members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are calling for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign or be fired amid controversies involving air strikes on Venezuelan boats and the sharing of classified information through a messaging app.
HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut lawmakers are calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s resignation following a Pentagon Inspector General report detailing his use of unsecured communications and other alleged security breaches.
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1.6 billion “undefinitized” contract action for sustainment of F135 engines, according to the company.
The engines power all “three variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced fighter aircraft,” according to the East Hartford-based company.
Connecticut lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate helped pass a bill Tuesday for the Justice Department to release unclassified files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
After being furloughed from Mohegan Sun Casino in 2020, Enrique Rodriguez took a gamble with retirement funds to open a restaurant inside Parkville Market in Hartford. He ended up opening four, including Mofongo, Las Tortas MX, Burrito Loko and Fowl Play.
“It's all about taking care of food and taking care of people,” Rodriguez said.
Tariffs on imports imposed by the Trump Administration, however, have forced small Latino business owners like Rodriguez to decide between losing customers or losing money.
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Federal funding for SNAP food assistance could halt Saturday, leaving 360,000 Connecticut residents without new benefits on their EBT cards.
Gov. Ned Lamont said he is allocating $3 million to Connecticut Foodshare to help stock food pantries as the government shutdown continues. Hartford and local businesses are also contributing resources to address potential food shortages.
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano came under renewed criticism this week for his work in the private sector, as the stock price of his former company Fiserv tanked upon the rescission of long-term growth projections that executives say were too optimistic.