WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: The Connecticut Wing participated in a training exercise, "Operation Bird Dog," to demonstrate Civil Air Patrol capabilities in aerial anti-terrorism force protection support at Naval Base New London in Groton. The exercise was also designed to train the U.S. Navy's new submarine commanders through an opposing force simulated event. Connecticut Wing aircrew members and mission base staff took part i  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Election Commission cited two campaign committees for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Convention Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), for the conventions being held on May 13 and 14, 2020 in Connecticut. As of May 12, 2020, the required disclosure reports had not been received from: * Riddle for Congress (CT-04) * Hyde for Congress (CT-05) The pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's U.S. Mint issued the following news release: The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for products featuring the America the Beautiful Quarters(R) Program Coin honoring Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut on May 18 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This is the second release of 2020 and the 52nd overall in the program. Available product options are: See table here (https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-rele  more