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The Hartford Public Library — which reopened its downtown branch in November after a devastating flood closed it for two years — announced Monday that it is launching a public campaign to raise a portion of $12.5 million, aimed at transforming the library’s main branch for the 21st century.
Protesters took to the streets across Connecticut and the United States in a day of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and what organizers describe as authoritarian actions.
A crowd estimated by Capitol police at more than 10,000 gathered peacefully on the Capitol’s south lawn Saturday as part of the national No Kings demonstrations, a movement opposing what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism, political violence in the United States, and the recent deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to California.
From Dayville to Hartford, Torrington to Stamford, Connecticut residents turned out to participate in an international day of protest against the Trump administration dubbed ‘No Kings’ on Saturday.
Thirty-three such protests were planned across the state. In Hartford alone, thousands of people crowded the north lawn of the Connecticut Capitol, many holding hand-made signs under light rain.
They came out more than 5,000 strong on Saturday at Connecticut’s State Capitol with a unified and clear message echoing voices across the nation: We will have no kings.
The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice President of Government & Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), wrote the following op-ed that appeared in Bloomberg Tax:
While tariffs have dominated the conversation about restoring US competitiveness in manufacturing, an important step toward that goal lies hidden away in the federal tax code.
Democratic and Republican legislators have for months been sounding the alarm on how changes to the federal Medicaid funding in the name of tax cuts could cause harm to millions of residents across the U.S.
A federal bill that would increase affordable homeownership opportunities in distressed communities is coming back into the spotlight as a Connecticut lawmaker works to gain its approval.
Rep. John Larson reintroduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act. It was first introduced in 2023, and previously received bipartisan support.
A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.
The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has left the national trade policy subject to Trump’s “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.”