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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.