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On the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, the West Hartford community gathered to commemorate the remaining Israeli hostages with messages of cautious optimism.
Well over a hundred people gathered on the west lawn of West Hartford Town Hall on Sunday morning to support Israel and commemorate the two-year anniversary since the devastating attacks that occurred on Oct. 7, 2023.
The gathering was non-partisan, and the event had a cautious air of optimism, too, matching the late summer-like conditions.
Twelve federally funded energy projects in Connecticut totaling $52.9 million were among those terminated recently by President Donald Trump, said federal Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.
More than 140,000 people covered through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, are in for a sticker shock if Congress does not extend a federal tax credit for working families.
“This isn't a problem that can be kicked down the road until next year,” said James Michel, CEO of Access Health Connecticut, the state’s insurance exchange.
“For coverage starting January 1, your first payment is due in December. If you have a chronic illness, you have cancer, you have a child coming, you will pay in December, not in January.”
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Stationary and gift boutique Hartford Prints! celebrated its grand reopening in downtown Hartford with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.
The new store is 3,500 square feet, nearly three times the size of the old location that opened in 2013. The transformation was made possible by the Hart Lift Program, an initiative to bolster storefronts impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Security Administration (SSA) commissioner Frank Bisignano has not ruled out raising the retirement age to help shore up the payment system's solvency.