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The $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act that includes significant funding for things like child care and workforce training also now includes provisions backed by U.S. Reps. John B. Larson and Joseph D. Courtney to help area homeowners with crumbling foundation costs.

EAST HARTFORD — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in East Hartford to mark the enhanced federal child tax credit now being paid with the goal of lifting families out of poverty, said Wednesday she wants to make the enhanced benefit permanent.

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., chairman of the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, plans to introduce this fall — likely later this month — a revised bill, called Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust, to increase benefits and extend the program’s solvency.

Three local theaters that recently received a total of $238,000 from the federal government’s Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant have been able to reopen, staging a Beach Boys tribute concert and paying operating expenses.

Two Connecticut universities have committed to helping people fleeing the chaos in Afghanistan.

In a letter to President Joe Biden sent Thursday, leaders of Goodwin University in East Hartford and the University of Bridgeport offered Afghan refugees assistance with language skills and access to work and career programs.

David Downey, President & CEO of the International Downtown Association, wrote the following op-ed that appeared in Roll Call:

Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, wrote the following op-ed in The Hill:

This year, Social Security’s birthday, Aug. 14, comes at an exciting time. Congress is on the verge of greatly expanding our economic security through its upcoming reconciliation bill. 

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic emptied out cities and counties from Maine to California, America’s office environment was being redefined as employers increasingly offered telework opportunities.