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Pratt & Whitney’s F135 fighter jet engine will continue to power the Air Force’s jet fighters as part of President Joe Biden’s 2024 budget.

Three of Connecticut’s congressional representatives praised Biden’s decision not to begin a competition that would have replaced the F135. GE Aerospace had been pushing for a new engine, according to flightglobal.com.

WINDSOR — The town has received $3 million in federal funds to complete a "road diet" project on Broad Street. 

Towns and cities across Connecticut are set to see a major windfall from the $1.7 trillion bill to fund the federal government, thanks to the practice formerly known as earmarking where lawmakers secure large pots of money to benefit their state and districts.

More than 170 projects were approved for Connecticut and tucked into the federal funding bill that passed Congress on Friday. The total amount for the state is upwards of $236 million — a number that greatly exceeds the previous year.

HARTFORD — When military veteran Giselle Jacobs received her Veterans Assistance Supportive Housing Voucher in 2009, it could not have come at a better time for her and her children, she said.

Jacobs became homeless and was traveling to different homeless shelters throughout the city. When this was disclosed to the Veterans Affairs office, she was connected to a program that helped her to start the process of gaining the voucher.

EAST HARTFORD — Connecticut's contribution to victory in World War II included brass munitions from Waterbury, fighter planes from Stratford, artillery fuses from Bristol, guns made in Hartford and New Haven, parachutes from Manchester and ball bearings, mess kits and all kinds of hardware from New Britain.

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Public Health has been awarded a $32,253,484 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that will be used to support the state agency’s newly launched Office of Public Heath Workforce Development.

Margaret Rick, a member of the Hartford Federation of Teachers-Retired, AFT Local 1018, and Jan Hochadel, President of AFT Connecticut, wrote the following op-ed that appeared in the Connecticut Mirror:

WASHINGTON (WTNH) — Americans should begin seeing more baby formula on shelves after Congress passed an act to motivate foreign imports, according to an announcement Thursday from Rep. John B. Larson’s (D-Conn.) office.