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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal announced Monday morning that contracts have been requested from vendors to provide every room at VA hospitals in Connecticut with Wi-Fi access, after a News 8 exclusive report in 2016. At a news conference Monday, Blumenthal said that every veteran staying at a VA facility should feel connected to the world around them.
Clockwise from left; Hear Our Voice Connecticut members Kelley Hangos-Cerrano, of Monroe, Myrna Mills Albino, of Monroe, Nancy Gardiner, of Trumbull, Lori Charlton, of Monroe, Harriette Trevino, of Monroe, Jessie Ward, of Monroe, Sue Smelzer, of Monroe, and Cathy Lindstrom, of Monroe, meet at Albino's home in Monroe, Conn. on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.
Eight years ago, in this very newspaper, I warned against the appointment of Arne Duncan as President Barack Obama's first education secretary . He sailed through a Democratic-controlled Senate confirmation despite a track record in Chicago's public schools of advancing a corporate-driven agenda to marketize public schools, alongside test-and-punish policies that fractured the most struggling of communities-a harbinger of things to come.
Hundreds of charter buses filled the parking lots at RFK Stadium by 8:30 a.m. Saturday as thousands of people from across the country descended on the city for the Women's March on Washington. On the morning after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, a procession of women and men made their way to a nearby Metro station to take the train to the start of the march.
Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about hearings for Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, and Tom Price, Trump's pick to lead Health and Human Services.
Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at the state Capitol on Jan. 4. less Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at ... more Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano, R-North Haven, greets Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, during the opening session at the state Capitol.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Len Fasano, in an interview this week with The Day's Editorial Board, looked like the big Republican cat that swallowed the Democratic canary, still getting comfortable with his new title, Republican President Pro Tempore. Indeed, Fasano seems to relish the new respect demanded by Republicans in the General Assembly, after an election that brought them as close to parity with Democrats as they've been in a generation.
Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility's laptop was found to contain malware U.S. officials say is linked to Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department, one of Vermont's two largest electric utilities, confirmed Friday it had found on one of its laptops the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name the U.S. government has given to malicious cyber activity by Russian civilian and military intelligence services.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation acknowledged Tuesday that its impact report for the Walk Bridge replacement project lacks detail about how to ease the construction pains. But detailed mitigation plans for boaters, motorists, businesses, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk and other stakeholders will be put forward as the project moves from the preliminary design to the permitting stage, DOT officials told the Norwalk Harbor Management Commission during a special meeting at City Hall.
The Federal Rail Authority today released the Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement for NEC FUTURE and it is now available for download at www.necfuture.com . The preferred route includes the controversial Old Saybrook to Kenyon, R.I., by-pass which runs through Old Lyme, and a tunnel in the same area.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser and former campaign manager to President-elect Donald Trump, appeared to brush off the hand-wringing over Trump's unprecedented phone call with Taiwan's president on Friday. The phone call was seen as a troubling break from longstanding policy , since no US president or president-elect has engaged in such direct contact with Taiwan in nearly 40 years.
With President-Elect Donald Trump expected to name a new U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, the guessing game has begun for a replacement for Deirdre M. Daly, a Fairfield resident, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune. Daly was appointed by President Barack Obama in May 2014.
A Darien man was convicted of defrauding banks and the USDA of more than $25 million on Wednesday, according to United States Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly. Pablo Calderon, 61, along with Brett C. Lillemoe, 46, of Minneapolis, submitted fraudulent documents to two United States banks in connection with a USDA loan guarantee program by which the USDA provides credit guarantees, Daly said.
It's finally here: The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Nov. 8, across Connecticut as the contest between presidential candidates Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump is put in the hands of voters. And expect to see a crowd as a record number of voters -2.1 million - are signed up to cast ballots, more than during the 2008 presidential election which brought Barack Obama to the White House.
OK, we did some of the heavy lifting for you. We interviewed candidates, did some truth-squadding on their claims and offered our opinions on which of them we believe are best prepared to serve in office.
Anything can happen, but the smart money is on the election of a Democratic president Tuesday. That will mean more gridlock and more nothing from Washington, as Republicans are likely to hold the House, and maybe the Senate, too.
Secretary of State Denise Merrill said Wednesday that election officials are bracing for high voter turnout next week as residents go to the polls to elect a new president and resolve congressional and state races. "This is going to be a big volume of voters," Merrill said during a news conference on Tuesday's voting.
When you head to the polls Nov. 8, be prepared to join a big crowd. With just two days left to sign up, Connecticut crossed the 2.1 million threshold for the number of people registered to vote in the state, setting a new record.
Utilizing components made in Connecticut, the Sikorsky S-70i, a civilian version of the UH-60 Blackhawk, in manufactured in Mielec, Poland. Utilizing components made in Connecticut, the Sikorsky S-70i, a civilian version of the UH-60 Blackhawk, in manufactured in Mielec, Poland.