FAIRFIELD — The housing shortage and subsequent market prices in Fairfield County took the fore at Sen. Chris Murphy's town hall meeting at Sacred Heart University Monday. About 70 people filed into the university's Martire Center for Liberal Arts Hall to share personal experiences with housing issues, including homelessness, the lack of... Read More about State housing shortage 'most acute' in Fairfield County, Murphy says at town hall

For years, Sen. Chris Murphy has introduced federal legislation that would limit the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, and for years the proposals have fallen far short of passage. Yet, Murphy says he sees progress on the issue. When he introduced the latest version of the Keeping All Students Safe Act this spring, he had several... Read More about Q&A: Sen. Chris Murphy on why he sees momentum for ending restraint and seclusion in schools

Political polarization is not our country’s most important problem. I’d rank right-wing extremism ahead of it. But extremism and polarization go hand in hand. Democracy is challenged when Americans have trouble understanding and communicating with each other. The untoward meanness out there (see: any social media site) and the... Read More about Opinion Want less rancid politics? Think more about family and community.

Connecticut’s two U.S. Senators both welcome efforts to push the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics amid more reports of lapses by Supreme Court justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to vote this week doing just that and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a member of the committee, said the most recent reports just... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy Support Efforts to Require A Code of Ethics for U.S. Supreme Court Justices

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has accused leaders at the Coast Guard of a coverup after a damning report this month found dozens of mishandled sex assault cases at the academy in New London. The secret internal investigation uncovered over 60 reports of rape and harassment at the Coast Guard Academy from 1988 through 2006 that were kept... Read More about Murphy blasts Coast Guard leadership ahead of commandant Senate testimony

Sen. Chris Murphy has recently become vocal about what he calls an “epidemic of loneliness” in America. Murphy addressed the issue before the U.S. Senate last month and most recently on Wednesday’s episode of Connecticut Public Radio’s The Colin McEnroe Show. Murphy discussed the possible causes of America’s... Read More about Technology, work or time: Why are we so lonely?

HARTFORD, CT — One Hartford neighborhood badly in need of transportation infrastructure help is getting just that — $19 million worth for a program that aims to improve motorist, pedestriab and bicycle safety. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, announced... Read More about Major Funding Boost Coming For Hartford Neighborhood

The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that it’s scheduled a vote on a U.S. Supreme Court ethics legislation later this month. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut welcomes the move. “It makes no sense that every federal judge is bound by a code of ethics except the nine who sit on the highest court in the country,” he... Read More about Sen. Murphy says key committee to vote on code of ethics for Supreme Court this month

WOODBURY – U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy spent part of Sunday afternoon touring the town, getting a read on how local businesses are faring in today’s post-COVID economic climates. Murphy began his tour at the Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust, along with First Selectman Barbara Perkinson and state Rep. Karen Reddington-Hughes. From there,... Read More about Murphy talks business in Woodbury: Senator checks economic pulse of town in wake of COVID

One year ago, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, marking the first major gun legislation in nearly three decades. The law introduced enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21, closed the "boyfriend loophole" to prevent convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms for five years and... Read More about Senators reflect on impact of first major bipartisan gun legislation in nearly 30 years

TRUMBULL, CT — Trumbull-based FallCall Solutions has been named U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy's "Innovator of the Month" for June. According to a news release, FallCall was founded in 2015 and created by physicians who observed that many older adults who sustained injuries due to falls did not use traditional personal emergency response devices,... Read More about Trumbull Company Named Murphy's 'Innovator Of The Month'

After several high-profile pedestrian deaths in Hartford this year, officials seeking to bolster safety for city bicyclists, walkers and joggers welcomed the announcement of $19 million for safety improvements Friday. “You got to feel safe when you’re walking, biking and transiting through the city,” said U.S. Sen. Chris... Read More about Hartford gets $19 million in federal funds to ‘save lives,’ improve pedestrian safety

NEW HAVEN, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Chris Murphy, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker among myriad other local and state officials, announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the Connecticut Department of Transportation a $25 million grant to help build a new... Read More about Get On The Bus: $25M Federal Grant For Rapid Bus System In New Haven

Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are seeking millions of dollars in funding for top priorities related to submarines and military construction projects — two areas that greatly contribute to the state’s economy and workforce. They are looking for Congress to approve two major must-pass bills for fiscal year 2024... Read More about Connecticut could get millions of dollars for military projects in federal bills

Several dozen store workers and allies from other labor unions and organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, Connecticut Tenants Union and the Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America, picketed outside the Corbin’s Corner Starbucks store in West Hartford Wednesday for a one-day... Read More about Politicians and labor leaders join striking West Hartford Starbucks workers on picket line

As I reflect on the long and often frustrating battle to end gun violence, I am heartened by the unwavering dedication of leaders committed to making our communities safer. The state of Connecticut is home to many of those leaders—or, as I call them, heroes. The president’s decision to attend the recent Safer Communities... Read More about Gabrielle Giffords: Connecticut a beacon of hope in the battle against gun violence

Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, along with West Hartford and other local advocates, took a stand on the West Hartford Pride Stage Friday morning to make their own stand – to urge passage of the Equality Act, legislation that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans.  “Connecticut has led the way over... Read More about Connecticut Senators Murphy and Blumenthal Urge Passage of Equality Act in Visit to West Hartford

Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Connecticut's two Democratic U.S. Senators, are applauding the rejection of a resolution prompted by what is referred to by some politicians as the “pistol brace ban,” on Thursday. The resolution was spearheaded by its House sponsor, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and largely supported by... Read More about Blumenthal and Murphy praise Senate rejection of move to overturn pistol brace ban

After taking a brief pause last week to celebrate one year since the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a group of gun safety advocates from Connecticut quickly returned to Washington, D.C., to push for more change. They took a moment in West Hartford to acknowledge what they had been fighting for alongside hundreds of other... Read More about One year later: CT advocates laud gun safety law, but ‘we can’t rest’

The first anniversary of the first federal gun control law passed in nearly 30 years was celebrated Friday at the University of Hartford as a tipping point in American politics by President Joe Biden and one of the measure's key sponsors, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Biden, who came to Connecticut as vice president a decade ago... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy helps celebrate federal gun control legislation at University of Hartford