Esty opposes effort to loosen gun rules

U.S. Rep Elizabeth Esty used her new power as the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee to take on the committee chairman this week in a losing fight over a bill about veterans, mental health and guns. The bill in question would end the practice of classifying a veteran as mentally incompetent if the FBI’s gun background check system showed that he had been assigned a trustee to help manage his personal affairs.

D.C. Buzz: Esty gets bills signed by Trump

Democratic Governors Association Vice Chairman Jay Inslee, left, Chairman Dannel Malloy, center, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, center, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige, right, share a laugh during a DGA news confernce at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. less Democratic Governors Association Vice Chairman Jay Inslee, left, Chairman Dannel Malloy, center, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, center, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige, right, share a laugh during a DGA news confernce … more Reporters wait to try and get access to an off camera briefing with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer instead of the normal on camera briefing at the White House on February 24, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Snow falls on Danbury region, again

Duncan Montaner, 4 of Ridgefield, rides on the back of his mother, Kim, down the hill at Ridgebury Elementary School. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 Duncan Montaner, 4 of Ridgefield, rides on the back of his mother, Kim, down the hill at Ridgebury Elementary School.

Connecticut lawmakers move to cut funding for Trump’s…

Protesters crowd into Bradley Airport to demonstrate against President Donald Trump executive action stopping people from many Muslim Countries from traveling into the USA, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Windsor Locks, Conn. less Protesters crowd into Bradley Airport to demonstrate against President Donald Trump executive action stopping people from many Muslim Countries from traveling into the USA, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Windsor … more Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2017.