It’s not often a state senator can shepherd a bill so quickly that receives legislative approval and signature from the governor. Just two months on
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Tag: Ned Lamont
Happy! Lamont Presents CT Resident Keith Richards With Award Of Excellence
Okay, this happened in Westport today, not Bridgeport – (still there’s a port in it) Governor Ned Lamont, a pop culture enthusiast, presented the inaugural
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Watch: Senator Gaston Responds To Governor’s Budget Proposal
Budget proposals are a work-in-progress starting point. What Governor Ned Lamont’s spending plan means for Bridgeport is now in the hands of legislative budget analysts
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Columnist: Education ‘Intervention’ In Bridgeport Is Cover For A State Bailout
Veteran columnist and OIB friend Chris Powell shares this commentary about the state’s intervention in Bridgeport’s financially struggling school system: Last week Governor Lamont and
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Lamont Proposes Legislation To Strengthen Response To Extreme Weather Events
From Governor Lamont: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the package of legislative proposals that he will ask the Connecticut General Assembly to consider for
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Lamont State Of State Address: Our North Stars, Affordability And Opportunity
Governor Ned Lamont, on the first day of the General Assembly’s legislative session, issued this State of the State speech. Also see corresponding video. This
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Lamont Issues Executive Order, Requests Statewide Minute Of Silence, Honoring Jimmy Carter’s Service To CT And Nation
From Governor Lamont: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an executive order (Executive Order No. 25-1) declaring Thursday, January 9, 2025, a
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The Debate Over CT’s Fiscal Guardrails – Adjust Or Hold Firm On Spending?
To some Connecticut’s fiscal guardrails, implemented in 2017 to cap spending, pose a safety net against deficits; to others they shortchange needs of residents in
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