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Connecticut marked a major milestone Tuesday as CT Transit celebrated 50 years of getting thousands of passengers to their destinations across the state.
“This has been an enormous success,” U.S. Rep. John Larson (D, CT1) said. “Just in Hartford, over 30% of the people don’t own a car.”
During the 1970s, the once privately-owned bus service faced significant difficulties until the state and federal government stepped in with assistance. In just the past two years, CT Transit has received $132 million from the federal government.
HARTFORD, Conn. — When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its intentions to terminate the Solar for All grant program on Friday, Connecticut officials quickly voiced their displeasure.
In an underground bunker in the eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on Thursday night, the Connecticut flag was on display next to Gov. Vadym Filashkin.
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor has received $750,000 from the federal government.
The museum held a dedication ceremony Tuesday morning.
The money has been used to address drainage issues, improve parking and accessibility for visitors, support renovations to the visitor center, and maintenance work on railway lines along with the trolley car storage barn.
“We’re in constant flux and change with technology, but it’s always great to be reminded how we got here,” U.S. Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1) said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.
A historic and scenic walkway along the Connecticut River is about to grow by more than two miles, as local and state leaders announced new funding this week to expand the Hartford Riverwalk into the neighboring town of Windsor.
The project is being funded through a combination of state and federal grants, including a $517,519 allocation from Gov. Ned Lamont’s office and a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Alternatives Program.
As public libraries continue to expand their roles, a joint investment will soon ready Hartford’s library for the next generation, according to state and city officials.
“A library is not what it used to be,” House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said. “It’s so different. If you come in here on a Saturday or a Tuesday, it’s not just young kids reading in a corner. It’s now we have UConn students studying here. We have people taking immigration classes. We have folks using it to check their email. It is a modern, vibrant institution, and it’s very different.”
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.