Our administration will continue doing everything we can to safeguard the state workers who serve the people of Connecticut.

By partnering with towns and developers, we can take unused, blighted properties that have sat vacant for decades and bring them back from the dead, rejuvenating these parcels and bringing life back to these neighborhoods.

Department of Transportation workers who maintain our roads put themselves in harm’s way every day so the rest of us can get home safely, and they deserve every protection we can give them.

The responsibility of nominating judges to our courts is one that I take very seriously because these individuals are the final arbiters of justice, and we want people serving in these positions who respect the rule of law, understand the…

This program cuts red tape and accelerates local infrastructure projects that make a real difference in people’s daily lives.

Hate crimes are on the rise nationwide, and many communities feel that the federal government is emboldening hate speech and discrimination against them.

Providing services that help employers and labor quickly and efficiently resolve disputes is the most effective way to keep the economy moving and keep people in their jobs, and these federal cuts are only making it harder for employers…

Everybody of every religion should feel safe and protected practicing their faith at the worship service of their choosing without the fear of being targeted simply for their beliefs.

To be clear, the risk to Connecticut residents is very low, although I encourage everyone to continue to keep taking sensible precautions by staying up to date on vaccines and practicing good hygiene.

This filing demonstrates our administration’s commitment to reducing costs for ratepayers.

As we prepare to welcome tourists visiting the region for the World Cup, I want Connecticut residents to know we are looking out for their health and safety.

Our public safety professionals are integral to the wellbeing of each of our neighborhoods, and it is imperative that we provide them with benefits that ensure we have adequately staffed forces.

I am particularly glad that we could enact the provisions waiving higher education tuition and fees and providing mortgage assistance so these public safety officials have the support needed to live in the towns where they work.

Moving forward, I want to continue working with my legislative colleagues on how we can enact further provisions supporting these workers.

This protocol helps ensure that everyone has access to a safe place to stay cool and get relief from the extremely hot and humid conditions outside.

Warmer conditions and the lack of a significant amount of rain over these last few months have impacted all of Connecticut, particularly the regions around Fairfield, Middlesex, and New Haven counties.

The purpose of increasing these counties to Stage 2 is to raise awareness that if drier conditions persist, there is a possibility that this emerging drought event will intensify.

Service is one of the most powerful ways people can strengthen their communities while developing valuable leadership and career skills.

Connecticut proudly led the nation in the adoption of hate crimes laws, but after three decades of expanded statutes, we needed to streamline our laws in order for them to be effective for police and prosecutors.

I feel it’s critical that our state take every step we can to protect these communities from acts of hate, and that means ensuring the laws on our books have teeth.

While the Trump administration continues to ignore patients’ plight by gutting essential medical programs, including Medicaid, FQHCs, and Planned Parenthood, tax credits and subsidies for the Exchange, Connecticut is taking an active role…

With the lack of action on gun violence prevention measures being passed by Congress, it is up to the individual states to enact laws like these.

This is a commonsense law that prioritizes public safety while respecting the rights of responsible gun owners.

Our gun violence prevention laws need to keep up with what’s going on in the world as far as it relates to emerging technologies and the development of weapons that enable criminals to easily circumvent these laws with the intention of…

This new law holds manufacturers to a basic safety standard requiring firearms not to be designed in a way that enables them to be converted into machine guns.