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State and federal officials, including the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan , offered reassurances Friday that efforts are underway to improve school security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and the gun violence experienced in Connecticut's state capital and other cities.

Seven Metro-North workers who were injured in Friday's derailment are filing a claim with the commuter railroad that could lead to a federal lawsuit.

I am not a lawyer, but even a layperson can read the state law governing redevelopment projects like the one for Fort Trumbull and see that it requires that the land be titled in the name of the city.

Connecticut's US Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal along with Newtown's Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty have introduced new federal legislation that would authorize federal funds to assist with the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.

May 23 - The contaminated drug that caused last fall's fungal meningitis outbreak and killed 55 people is just the tip of the iceberg of an industry-wide problem, according to a new report released today by U.S. PIRG.

The robust congressional response to sexual assault cases in the military took a new turn Thursday when Sen.

Lawmakers and activists congregated at the capitol Thursday morning to press for action on a bill that would allow state government to monitor "chemicals of concern" in consumer products.

May 23 - The Senate today rejected by a vote of 71 to 27 an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders to let states require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients.

The fact a broken rail became the most immediate suspect speaks to years of deferred maintenance that have left trouble spots throughout a Washington-Boston network that carries more than 700,000 people a day and dates to the 1800s.

Gov. Malloy Signs Gun Bill Into Law Sandy Hook parent Mark Barden hugs U.S. Sen.

James Repass of Boston, MA, president of National Corridors Initiative, a group dedicated to the modernization of our country's rail service, surveys the site of Friday's derailment and collision in Bridgeport, Conn.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal , Senator Chris Murphy , Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty today announced the award of two Fire Prevention and Safety Grants to assist Brookfield, New Milford and Stratford fire fighters in safely responding to emergencies.

The original Big Red supercomputer, seen here, is almost two times the size of the newer Big Red II at the Indiana University Data Center, in Bloomington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday.

Investigators from National Transportation Safety Board in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday May 18, 2013 to find the cause of Friday evening's Metro-North train collision that left more than 60 people injured.

Federal investigators are looking into what made a New Haven-bound Metro-North train jump the tracks near Bridgeport, Connecticut at the height of Friday's rush hour, crashing into a westbound train and injuring at least 70 people, three of them critically.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. As investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board continue their review of Friday's Metro-North train crash, they are looking at what role a fractured rail joint may have played in the accident, according to board member Earl Weener.

Source: www.newsday.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013Investigation under way after Conn.

WASHINGTON, DC In observance of America's National Women's Health Week, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez , Frank R. Lautenberg , Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep.

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.