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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.
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the introduction of the Stop ICE Election Militarization Act with Reps. Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Veronica Escobar (TX-16) to protect American elections from illegal ICE interference.
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.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), a member of the House Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Trump’s costly and unconstitutional tariffs.
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.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced he will not attend President Trump’s State of the Union address. Larson will join progressive lawmakers and advocates across the country to speak out at the National Mall for a “People’s State of the Union.”
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.
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $1 million in new federal funding to expand the Harriott Community Healthcare Academy, supporting efforts to train new care workers as Connecticut faces a severe healthcare worker shortage.
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.