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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 9, 2026

ROCKY HILL, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s attorney general announced an investigation into the group that owns an apartment complex in Rocky Hill.

As of Monday afternoon, residents of the Concierge Apartments remained in hotels for a third day following what the town’s fire marshal deemed to be unsafe conditions.

Attorney General William Tong announced on Monday the investigation under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act into JRK Property Holdings.

Issues:HousingLocal
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 9, 2026

Members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation are pushing legislation that would reinstate the 2024 federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes.

The rule was repealed last December by the Trump Administration.

Having the federal minimum staffing requirements would enhance the quality of care for nursing home patients, said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the lead sponsor of the bill.

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Hartford CT Buildings
February 9, 2026

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — State and municipal leaders are expected to provide an update Monday on the apartment complex in Rocky Hill after hundreds were forced to evacuate following a pipe burst last week.

Issues:HousingLocal
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Hartford CT Buildings
February 7, 2026

After flooding and damage from bursting pipes worsened over the past week and a half at the troubled Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill, town officials officially condemned 200 apartments in the massive complex Thursday afternoon.

Issues:HousingLocal
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 6, 2026

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — Hundreds of people were told they must find a new place to stay by midnight after the Town of Rocky Hill condemned five large apartment buildings due to problems with their heat, water and fire suppression systems.

Between 500 and 800 residents of the Concierge Apartments were helping each other put their belongings in their cars Friday night as they left for temporary accommodations. Volunteers helped residents wheel furniture, pets, food and clothes along the complex’s hallways, down elevators and into sub-freezing temperatures outside.

Issues:HousingLocal
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 6, 2026

Connecticut lawmakers and caregivers are speaking out after a New York Times investigation found that the Trump administration’s repeal of federal nursing home staffing rules may have been influenced behind-the-scenes by campaign contributions from industry executives who opposed it. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 30, 2026

Two members of Connecticut’s Washington delegation have been denied access to federal immigration facilities, they said. 

U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, said he was denied access Thursday to what he claimed is an immigration detention facility in Burlington Mass., which federal officials say is merely a field office. 

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Ranking Members Larson, Neal, and Morelle
January 27, 2026

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Social Security Administration to elaborate on a recent court filing which stated that SSA doesn’t know the full extent of agency data accessed and shared by the Department of Governm

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Hartford CT Buildings
January 26, 2026

More Democrats are pushing for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following another fatal shooting by federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis.