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Planners promise 10-to-1 payback with $6.4B to $9.4B Hartford-Springfield-Boston rail proposal Updated May 06, 2021; Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield/Hartford area has missed out on 130,000 new jobs since 1990, jobs that could have come here if the region had the commuter rail service enjoyed by other East Coast cities. “That’s the major differentiating factor, the availability of rail,” said Jessica Jones, senior analyst for the engineering firm AECOM. Improving rail servi...

WORCESTER — A public investment in intercity, particularly railroads connecting Western Massachusetts with Central and Eastern Massachusetts, can help local economies develop and curb the nations carbon footprint, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey said.      "We have become a box-office smash as a state, as a destination economically for people not only across our country but across the world," Markey said. "We want to continue to make this a welcoming place and rail is an essential part of th...

Lamont: A few giant infrastructure projects beat lots of small ones Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2018, file photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont. President Joe B...

This week, we take a look into the future of Connecticut’s capital city. And not a science fiction look, 100 years out, but something a bit more manageable. It’s a plan to re-route highways that have cut off parts of the city from each other, and from the river that gives Connecticut its name. It’s a plan to knit together smaller projects with big, national efforts, like an expansion of high-speed rail in the Northeast, with a hope of attracting more people to the region, and making life ...

Lamont: A few giant infrastructure projects beat lots of small ones Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2018, file photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont. President Joe B...

A new, broader vision for traveling around the Hartford area of the future is expected to emerge by the end of next year.

Trump admits loss as Democrats push long-shot removal President Trump acknowledged his loss for the first time in a video posted Thursday night. The clarion calls Thursday to remove Donald J. Trump from office drowned out a quieter reality: Even some prominent Democrats who deem Trump grossly unfit, including Connecticut’s two U.S. senators, are skeptical of being able to force him from the White House before noon on Jan. 20. And that was before Trump acted Thursday night to undercut the grow...

Determined not to be caught short again, Hartford HealthCare unveiled a new “PPE stockpile” warehouse today intended to store supplies of masks, gowns, face shields and gloves for use with infectious patients. A warehouse building in Newington with no signage and at an undisclosed address will house the stockpile. HHC scheduled a tour and photo-op of the facility for this afternoon featuring executives and U.S. Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01). The building will house more than a year’s worth ...

UpdatedThu, Jan 7, 2021 at 10:59 am ET Replies(235) The 25th Amendment allows Congress to remove sitting presidents if its determined they cant do their job. (Alex Costello/Patch) CONNECTICUT — President Donald Trumps last day in office is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20, which is when Joe Biden will be sworn in as the countrys 46th president after Congress completed its certification of the Electoral College results early Thursday. But some Democratic members of Connecticuts federal delega...