HARTFORD, CT – State Representative Tracy Marra (R-141) on Wednesday joined Governor Lamont and legislative colleagues as he signed a public health and safety law that allows pharmacists to prescribe oral and emergency contraception, as well as legalizing over-the-counter medications such as Plan B to be sold in vending machines. This increases the access of…
Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, Mayor Harry Rilling, State Rep. Kadeem Roberts, State Rep. Dominique Johnson, State Rep. Lucy Dathan, and Board of Education Member Janine Rudolph highlighted over $140 million in state funding for the City of Norwalk, Norwalk Board of Education, local infrastructure, and local non-profits. Standing on the banks of the Norwalk…
Bridgeport, CT – During today’s press conference, Governor Ned Lamont was joined by Mayor Ganim, health officials, and other city mayors to discuss gun violence intervention throughout the state. Some of today’s remarks were made by Mayor Ganim, Mayor O’Leary of Waterbury, Mayor Bronin of Hartford, and Mayor Elicker of New Haven; all of whom…
HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today held a news conference in Hartford to announce a series of waste management proposals he will introduce during the 2023 legislative session that address the future of materials and waste management in Connecticut, particularly in light of the decision by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) to…
Hartford, CT – Attorney General William Tong announced today he has appointed Eileen Meskill to serve as Deputy Attorney General, succeeding Margaret Q. Chapple who will retire this month after more than 30 years of service to the Office of the Attorney General, including four as Deputy Attorney General. “I am very excited to appoint…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont on Tuesday announced that he is selecting Paul O. Robertson, deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), to serve as chair of the state’s Social Equity Council when the leadership position becomes vacant at the beginning of next year. Deputy Commissioner Robertson will succeed…
Prior to performances, the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Westport will disseminate political information for mid-term elections In conjunction with the civil rights issues explored in Westport Country Playhouse’s current production, “From the Mississippi Delta,” the Westport chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV) will have political information available in the Playhouse lobby,…
Public Act 22-2 closely aligns the language of the absentee ballot statutes 9-135 and 9-137 with Article Sixth, Section 7 of the Connecticut Constitution HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill today issued an official interpretation of the changes made in Public Act 22-2 to the absentee ballot statutes 9-135 and 9-137,…
Governor Lamont has tested positive for COVID-19 this morning, according to a statement, released by Max Reiss, director of communications for the governor. He is not experiencing any symptoms and is currently isolating at home for the next five days, per CDC guidelines. The positive result came after his regularly-scheduled rapid self-test and was confirmed…
HARTFORD, CT) – State Representatives Jennifer Leeper (D-Fairfield, Southport), Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D-Fairfield) and Laura Devlin (R-Fairfield, Trumbull), and State Senator Tony Hwang (R-Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston, Westport) announced that the $1.25 million state bonding request for the purchase and renovation of a new Operation Hope facility in Fairfield has been placed on the state’s…