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TORRINGTON >> U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Sen. Richard Blumenthal discussed the challenges of coming to the aid of those struggling with opiate addiction with an array of local stakeholders Tuesday, during a forum at the McCall Center for Behavioral Health.
Wednesday will mark four years since the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Since then, 120,000 Americans have lost their lives to gun violence.
Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty represents Connecticut’s Fifth District, which includes Newtown. She says those numbers are unacceptable.
NEW BRITAIN — The state’s two U.S. senators joined U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty at her Day of Kindness stop Monday in the city. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal met up with Esty at YWCA New Britain for the opening of the statewide observance of the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings.
WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s Democratic lawmakers Monday expressed hope — if not total confidence — that Congress will get to the bottom of the CIA’s conclusion that Russian cyberspies with high government connections worked to throw the U.S. election to Donald Trump.
Observing a moment of silence this week for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre is good, U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty says, but there's a way to do more: Try a "week of kindness."
Esty on Monday joined the Newtown Action Alliance's annual Week of Kindness campaign kickoff.
DANBURY, Conn. -- A Danbury woman will be able to complete a medical residency program and graduate on time now that her student visa has been renewed with the help of U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
Originally from Iran, Mahshid Mohammadi, is a Canadian citizen attending medical school in the United States.