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While invasive species have been called one of Connecticut’s greatest ecological threats, state officials are lamenting the closure of a federal invasive species research laboratory in Hamden, as the U.S. Forest Service moves to consolidate the research centers across the country.
Wednesday, Rep. John B. Larson voted for a war powers resolution to end what he and fellow Democrats term "Trump's illegal war in Iran". Four Republicans voted with Democrats.
A Connecticut mayor and town council are asking others to join them in fighting an electrical rate increase, saying all those who agree should make their views known to the Public Utility Regulatory Authority.
Months after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was disbanded, calls for scrutiny of its work are intensifying.
Advocacy and labor groups including Stop the Money Pipeline, Tesla Takedown and the Communications Workers of America are demanding an investigation into possible criminal activity by DOGE or its staff after revelations that agency employees at the Social Security Administration shared sensitive personal data.
ASCs generated $27.9 billion in Medicare savings between 2019 and 2024, according to KNG Health Consulting data prepared for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. The federal government’s response has been to keep cutting what it pays them.
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A judge has ruled that Harrison Amadasun needed to be sworn in and seated on the South Windsor town council after a month’s long battle of a charter revision misinterpretation case.
“We’ve been on this road, this race for a long time,” Amadasun said. “On a beautiful day like today, to see the people won, it makes me happy.”
A United States court of appeals has ruled that a policy under President Donald Trump to expel transgender troops from the military was a violation of the Constitution.
But Monday’s decision was a split one among the three-judge panel of the US appeals court for the District of Columbia.
Although rain poured from the sky early Monday morning causing the cancellation of the annual parade, the West Hartford community still came together in solidarity and remembrance at the Memorial Day Ceremony, held inside the Town Hall Auditorium. No matter rain or shine, residents of the town still intended on paying their respects to the brave souls who fought for American freedom as the country celebrates its 250th birthday.
Connecticut’s federal delegation, all Democrats, welcomed the news that the Trump Administration was close to a ceasefire deal with Iran.
Some said the deal ends a war they never wanted, while others said an end to the war doesn’t change their view that President Donald Trump still owes the nation an explanation.
Col. Rose Forrest remembers her father telling her to always volunteer for things.
It was her father’s decision to volunteer that led Frank W. Forrest Sr., an East Hartford native, in 1968 to serve in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a chaplain’s assistant from 1969 to 1970, where he received the Bronze Star for bravery in action.
Forrest said her late father’s time in Vietnam “really informed who he was as an adult.
“He takes care of everybody,” she said.