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HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Connecticut a $52.9 million Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant for eligible farmers in the state who experienced losses in 2023 and 2024 due to severe weather during that period, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.
More than a year and a half after Congress created a federal grant for smaller farming states, Connecticut finalized its $53 million allotment — and eligible farmers will soon get to apply for a portion of that disaster relief.
The state and federal agriculture agencies worked through the final steps in early July of approving the program design and executing a contract that unlocks Connecticut’s funding. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is now working to get the application portal up and running by early fall.
SOUTHINGTON — Southington recently received federal funding that will help with flood mitigation efforts in Plantsville.
The $300,000 in federal funding from FEMA will be put toward conducting a comprehensive engineering study that will evaluate existing conditions in the area and lead to identifying long-term solutions to reduce flooding, protecting homes and businesses and strengthening critical infrastructure.
Up to 100 Haitian caregivers working across Connecticut could lose their jobs at skilled nursing facilities as early as Monday if their Temporary Protected Status expires, according to officials from the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities and the Connecticut Center for Assisted Living.
House Republicans on Wednesday approved a $95 billion budget framework that would pump more money into US President Donald Trump’s illegal Iran war and push states to adopt restrictions on voting rights, all while Americans struggle to afford groceries and other necessities.
Democrats introduced another war powers resolution in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday that they hope will strengthen their efforts to stop President Donald Trump from continuing to escalate his war with Iran.
A few weeks ago, we argued the Trump administration was seeking to invent new ways to punish Americans. The idea was that the authoritarian impulses of the MAGA-run government will need to dial up the cruelty in order to sow chaos and pave the way for a broader assault on democracy.
While economists have warned for months that the true cost of President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran could be trillions of dollars, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth estimated on Tuesday that it’s currently about $37.5 billion.
Democratic Rep. John Larson said late Monday that he is preparing legal action against the Trump administration and a new bill to cut off funding for the US war on Iran, which was launched without congressional authorization nearly five months ago and has intensified in recent days following the collapse of a ceasefire deal.
A Connecticut woman who has been among those fighting for a federal Essential Caregivers Act, which would assure that residents of long-term care can retain the right to in-person access to a designated essential caregiver, has been credited with advocacy that helped see it get passed by a congressional committee.