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Connecticut’s entire congressional delegation is opposing the potential closure of an invasive insect laboratory in Hamden.
The closure, which was first reported by Connecticut Public in May, is part of a federal cost-cutting plan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Social Security’s trustees said in their annual report released Tuesday that the New Deal program will be unable to pay out full benefits by the end of 2032—a quarter earlier than projected last year—in the absence of congressional action, a finding that advocates said underscores the destructive impact of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda and the need to make the rich finally pay their fair share into the system.
HAMDEN, CT — Connecticut’s federal delegation is opposing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plans to close the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) research and development center in Hamden.
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.