Richard Blumenthal

Maryland becomes first state to ban employers from asking for social media passwords

2012-04-10 19:15:43

Moving to the forefront of social media privacy law nationwide, the Maryland General Assembly has passed legislation prohibiting employers in the state from asking current and prospective employees for their user names and passwords to websites such as...

Counterintelligence analyst dies serving in Iraq

2003-08-24 00:00:00

Army Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., a Maryland-based counterintelligence analyst who grew up in Guilford, Conn., died in his sleep in Ramadi, Iraq, on Aug. 12, 2003. The Army reported that he probably died of pulmonary edema. He was 37 years old. As...

LETTER: Reform Would Help Fill Science Jobs

2013-05-17 16:13:02

As an immigrant pursuing my education in Connecticut, and as the son of two immigrant engineers, I was happy to hear that U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has been a strong advocate for federal immigration reform [May 14, Capitoil Watch column, "Blumenthal...

Bill Would Provide Federal Aid For Newtown School

2013-05-16 14:55:03

HARTFORD – Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are planning to file legislation that would allow the use of federal dollars to help pay for the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. If approved, it would mark the...

New Haven's Tweed Regional Airport continues fight against sequester-related cuts

2013-05-14 06:34:02

State and federal officials, joined Monday by officials from Tweed New Haven Regional Airport and several others that would have been affected by control tower cuts, hailed the FAA's decision to keep towers open, but called for changes to ensure the...

House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort

2013-05-10 14:56:00

The leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...

Early Voting Options May Be Premature

2013-05-13 14:44:00

Changes in how Connecticut votes may be on the way — and that will be a good thing if it means new rules, such as authorizing early voting, that give busy people more opportunity to vote, boosting turnout and reinvigorating democracy. But an...

Airport waiting for FAA update

2013-05-09 01:04:02

Despite the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to restore funding for FAA air traffic controllers' salaries, officials at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport and other "contract tower" airports are still holding their breath....

Federal foreclosure settlement a disappointment

2013-04-28 02:14:02

After going through "19 months of hell," Christine Denoia had hoped for a large payment from a $9.3 billion federal compensation fund that penalized some of the nation's largest financial institutions for abusive tactics such as wrongful evictions....

Meyer Leads Candidates for U.S. Court

2013-04-30 15:05:17

The field of candidates for a much sought-after federal judgeship in Connecticut has narrowed, apparently to one — law professor and former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Meyer. Neither of the state's two U.S. senators who recommended Meyer to...

Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures

2013-04-09 13:30:00

WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...

Small Airports In Connecticut Spared Cuts

2013-04-26 12:15:00

Six airports in Connecticut have been spared from cuts under a bill passed Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives, just hours after passage by the�Senate. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and the Connecticut delegation have been fighting for months...

From left: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Rosemary Padin, development director of Interval House; Christine Paluf and her husband, the honorary chairman, Dr. William Petit at the annual fundraising gala for The Interval House at The Society Room in Hartford on Saturday.

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Hartford, CT 2-4-2004 Sen. Joseph Lieberman spoke to friends and supporters in a room on the second floor of Hartford City Hall. In his speech Lieberman thanked the people of Connecticut for their support and apologized for missing a few votes in his quest for the presidency.

2012-12-17 04:49:23

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy (Senate-elect) walk together toward the Sandy Hook Fire Department near the scene where 28 people were shot and killed in a shooting Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

2012-12-14 00:00:00