Total Calls for Service – 2,287 Speeding Violations – 156 Seatbelt Violations – 5 Other Moving Violations (Following too Closely, Failure to Move Over, etc.) - 152 DUI Arrests – 20 Motor Vehicle Accidents – 212 With Injury – 19 Fatalities – 2 (Franklin, Westport) Serious Injury - 1 (Essex) Motorist Assists – 229
Governor Ned Lamont has announced the implementation of three significant tax relief measures in Connecticut at the beginning of 2024. These measures, stemming from the fiscal year 2024-2025 state budget, include the largest income tax reduction in state history, an increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income workers, and an expansion of exemptions on certain pension and annuity earnings to benefit seniors. The total tax reduction is estimated at approximately $460.3 million, reflecting the state's commitment to providing relief to middle-income workers, low-income workers, and seniors. Governor Lamont attributes these tax cuts to the fiscal discipline implemented over the past five years, stabilizing the state's fiscal situation and ending years of deficits. Starting January 1, 2024, Connecticut's…
The Connecticut congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, along with U.S. Representatives John B. Larson, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, and Jahana Hayes, has announced $6.6 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for eight traffic safety projects in Connecticut. The funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, aim to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. The federal investment seeks to enhance the safety of Connecticut's roadways for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, addressing the concerning rise in traffic-related fatalities. The funding will support various projects across the state, including a regional transportation safety plan for the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, a Silas Deane…
At first, I thought the governor was Mayor Bill Finch! Who else remembers the old Miss Clairol Hair Color commercials? 200 new jobs coming to Bridgeport. I'll have the report on it later.
HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Friday will visit the CREC Head Start at the Swift Factory. More than 5,500 children and families are served by Head Start in Connecticut. Murphy will tour the facilities and gather feedback from staff on both the workforce shortage and extremely high demand for care they face. Murphy will discuss the importance of Congress taking action to pass additional funding for childcare in President Biden’s supplemental domestic funding package.
State Police Thanksgiving Weekend Stats-- 11/22 - 11/26Calls for service: 4,985 Motorist assists: 245Speeding violations: 178 Motor vehicle accidents: 356Fatalities: 1 DUI Arrests: 28Infractions for other violations: (including seatbelt, unsafe lane change, following too closely, move over, distracted driving, etc): 428
2023-11-27@11:29pm--#Monroe CT-- Report of a structure fire on Jockey Hollow Road.
Connecticut State Police Thanksgiving Weekend Stats 11/22 - 11/26 These are reflective of the time period starting at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 to 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, November, 26, 2023: Calls for service: 4,985 Motorist assists: 245 Speeding violations: 178 Motor vehicle accidents: 356 Fatalities: 1 DUI Arrests: 28 Infractions for other violations: (including seatbelt, unsafe lane change, following too closely, move over, distracted driving, etc): 428
Thanksgiving Weekend Stats 11/22 - 11/24 These are reflective of the time period starting at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 to 7:00 a.m. on Friday, November, 24, 2023: Calls for service: 2,592 Motorist assists: 137 Speeding violations: 50 Motor vehicle accidents: 204 DUI's - 14 Infractions for other violations: (including seatbelt, unsafe lane change, following too closely, move over, distracted driving, etc): 152
NEW BRITAIN, CT – Today, Connecticut’s two electric distribution companies, Eversource and United Illuminating, filed new standard service supply rates that, if approved by PURA, will be effective for six months beginning on January 1, 2024. These new standard service supply rates will result in an increased electric bill for customers using an average of 700 kWh per month by approximately $6.24 and $18.51 respectively. However, as compared to the last winter period spanning January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, customers will see significant bill relief this winter season. “While supply prices are still higher than we’d like for standard service consumers, electricity bills will be more affordable this winter as compared to last winter, and that is a…