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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Four members of Connecticut’s all-Democratic congressional delegation will join some of their colleagues in skipping the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening.
Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. John Larson and Rep. Jim Himes will all attend a Democratic-aligned event intended as counterprogramming to the president’s speech.
“People need to know that there’s an alternative and that the rule of law and the constitution still matter,” Larson said.
Hundreds of displaced tenants have moved back into Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill after a disastrous series of water line breaks, flooding and electrical failures, but more than 200 apartments remain shut down with their residents staying in hotels or with family or friends.
Local and state officials report large work crews on the property every day, and are optimistic that the last two buildings can be put back in service by the first days of March.
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut, a local non-profit organization, has expanded its veterans suicide prevention program in Hartford County.
The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention grant is the federal program that allowed them to expand and meet the needs of veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country.
With an additional grant of $212,000, the organization secured a total of $750,000.
U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) and state officials gathered Friday in Hartford to discuss the introduction of legislation at the state and federal levels meant to prevent “ICE intimidation” at polling places.
“No voter should ever feel threatened or intimidated while they're exercising their very most precious constitutional right, which is the right to vote for our leaders,” said Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, who previously served as Connecticut’s secretary of the state, the state’s highest ranking elections official.
BRISTOL — Congressman John Larson and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz presented city leaders with a check for a $3,150,000 federal earmark to “jumpstart the city’s plans for a joint police and fire training facility.”
Larson and Bysiewicz presented a large check to local police and fire commissioners at City Hall. They were joined by Rep. Mary Fortier, members of the City Council, Officer Alec Iurato, Fire Chief Richard Hart and Police Chief Mark Morello.
Three years after losing two police officers to an ambush by a deranged and armed resident, Bristol is looking to open a facility in the next two to three years to help police across Connecticut train for various kinds of active shooter situations.
The goal is to construct a two-story facility that would house a state of the art training center where police would practice how to deal with armed attackers in complex buildings where tactics can vary depending on corners, doorways, stairwells and other features.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WFSB) - Federal lawmakers are calling for an investigation into J.R.K. Property Holdings as the state continues its probe into the owners of Concierge Apartments, where hundreds of residents remain displaced in hotels following burst pipes that condemned the buildings.
BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut lawmakers are working to ensure first responders are prepared for active shooter situations, beginning with $3.15 million in federal funding that was announced Tuesday.
“Even though we don’t have a building and a facility, we have vision,” U.S. Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1) said.
The funding will support the construction of a two-story active shooter training facility in Bristol, equipped with a 50-yard indoor police firing range and other mentoring and training opportunities.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut lawmakers are applying pressure toward an out-of-state property ownership group after dozens of tenants were evacuated from a Rocky Hill Apartment building.
For two weeks, tenants of the Concierge Apartments have been living out of suitcases in hotel rooms due to water damage, no heat and other issues. JRK Holdings, the Los Angeles-based company which owns the complex, has been paying for their stays.