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JUL 9, 2025
AARP Connecticut applauds the final decision by the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) to reject United Illuminating Company’s supplemental rate increase request. An approved increase would have significantly raised the cost of electricity for Connecticut ratepayers, who already pay the highest retail electricity price in the continental United States.
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JUL 7, 2025
AARP Connecticut encourages potentially impacted ratepayers to voice their position on the rate increase request.
JUL 1, 2025
AARP CT 2025 Livable Communities Grant Application
AARP Connecticut is offering AARP members and their guests an opportunity see two Bridgeport Sound Tigers games at a significantly discounted rate of $16 per Center Ice ticket (regular price of $36). In addition, the first 200 guests at each game to visit the AARP table in the concourse will receive a voucher for a free popcorn.
Financial strain of family caregiving hits low-income and Hispanic/Latino caregivers hardest
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of more than 37 million, over 600,000 of whom live right here in Connecticut (CT). Our mission includes helping people age 50 and over turn goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthening communities and fighting for the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, livable communities, caregiving, employment security and financial resiliency. At AARP, we believe age and experience expand your possibilities. Through local lifestyle offerings, adult learning, community service and advocacy, AARP CT is your ally in discovering your “what’s next!”
Movies for Grownups and AARP Connecticut invite AARP members and guests to a free screening of Southside with You and free small popcorn and soda.
We’ve been hearing from many of you about Medicare and Social Security -- and we are listening. Rest assured we will do everything we can to protect your hard-earned benefits.
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AARP Connecticut was pleased to honor the AARP Bridgeport Chapter #831 with the 2016 Chapter of the Year Award in October. The Bridgeport Chapter also received the Chapter of the Year Award in 2011.
In 2015, Connecticut became one of 18 states to support family caregivers with the CARE Act. The law, which passed with bi-partisan support during the 2015 legislative session, supports the 500,000 family caregivers in Connecticut as their loved ones go into the hospital and as they transition home.
The 2016 elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and your vote counts more than ever. We created an election guide on the AARP Connecticut local community web page to help you get ready. So visit the sub-topic page on the site where you can find a Take A Stand Congressional Action Chart, lookup polling places in your community, where your candidates stand on Social Security, and more.
By Natalie Missakian
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