About 75% are in compliance with the COVID-19 vaccination-or-test mandate. The National Guard could be activated to provide support.
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Price tag for state police at Capitol non-protest: $125,000
The National Guard also spent $122,000 in overtime to protect the Capitol and other buildings during that week.
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CT Senators say danger of insurrection remains
The U.S. Capitol is secured, but U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says the threat is not over.
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Connecticut Convention Center to transform into makeshift hospital as a ‘precaution’
The Connecticut Convention Center will be transformed into a 600-bed hospital, a precaution after hospitalizations for COVID-19 spiked recently.
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Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT
Trump’s threatened veto of $740 billion in defense spending is to keep Confederate names on U.S. military bases.
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Connecticut senators press Pentagon chiefs on use of military on protesters
Blumenthal, Murphy join others condemning “use of the U.S. military to impede the First Amendment rights of Americans.”
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Connecticut black pastors urge calm as Floyd’s death roils dozens of U.S. cities
Connecticut’s mainly peaceful protests continued Sunday as looting and rioting became more prevalent in other states .
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National Guard members join health officials in nursing home inspection efforts
Guard members will help ‘beef up’ inspections of nursing homes — the origin of half the state’s COVID-19 fatalities.
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CT joins suit to stop Trump from diverting military money to wall
The lawsuit says transferring funds to build a border wall is contrary to Congress’s intent and violates the Constitution.
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CT lawmakers slam Trump diversion of F-35, National Guard funds to border wall
The syphoning of more military funding means the Pentagon has given nearly $10 billion since last year to help pay for a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Federal government shuts down, CT to feel aftershock
WASHINGTON — Connecticut residents will still get their mail and Social Security checks, but the shutdown of the federal government will reverberate through state agencies – especially those that are most reliant on federal grants and federal workers — and many in the state would eventually feel an impact.
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Congress authorizes boost of CT-made weapons systems
WASHINGTON — House and Senate Armed Services panels have finished work on bills that would allow increased submarine production and boost the Pentagon’s authority to buy Sikorsky-made helicopters and F-35 fighter jets whose engines are made by Pratt & Whitney.
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Blumenthal, McCain press ‘paid patriotism’ ban at sports games
WASHINGTON — Tributes to U.S. troops at New England Patriot games and other professional sporting events are wasteful “paid patriotism” costing taxpayers millions of dollars, say several U.S. senators, including Richard Blumenthal, who have pressure the Pentagon to stop the practice.
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Blumenthal takes aim at NFL’s paid tributes to soldiers
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal has teamed with Sen. John McCain to try to end the Pentagon’s practice of paying the National Football League and other professional sports franchises to honor American troops at sporting events.
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In Washington, Malloy burnishes liberal credentials, national leadership role
WASHNGTON – At the National Governor’s Association meeting this weekend, Gov. Dannel Malloy looked out for state interests, including transportation needs and environmental concerns, and began to lay the groundwork for the very political job he will hold in an important election year.