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Governor Lamont: Connecticut's 2024 Broadband Report Highlights Major Advancements in Digital Connectivity and Equity

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 18, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has released the 2024 Connecticut Broadband Report, which details… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces Nearly 23,000 Connecticut Residents Will Have $30 Million in Medical Debt Erased Under First Round of State’s Newly Launched Partnership With Nonprofit

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 16, 2024
Letters Will Be Mailed Beginning December 23 Notifying Individuals and Families That Their Medical Debt Has Been Erased HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that nearly 23,000… Read More

Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Saturday for the Anniversary of the Tragedy in Sandy Hook

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 13, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, December 14, 2024, in remembrance of the… Read More

Governor Lamont Appoints Mariana Monteiro as Connecticut's Chief Equity and Opportunity Officer

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 12, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing Mariana Monteiro to serve as Connecticut’s chief equity and opportunity officer. In this position, Monteiro will lead… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces Establishment of the Connecticut Office of the Student Loan Ombudsperson

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 11, 2024
Michelle Jarvis-Lettman Appointed as the Inaugural Student Loan Ombudsperson HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced the establishment of the Connecticut Office of the Student Loan… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces Continuation of Head Start On Housing: A State Program Increasing Access To Permanent Housing for Families With Young Children

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 10, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration will be continuing Connecticut’s recently launched Head Start on Housing pilot program, a first-of-its-kind initiative… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces $9.8 Million in Federal Grants to Benefit Municipal Parks in Bridgeport, Bristol, and Stamford

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 6, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the cities of Bridgeport, Bristol, and Stamford are being awarded… Read More

Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Saturday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 5, 2024
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven Will Be Illuminated Red, White, and Blue on the Nights of December 6 and 7 HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces State Grants to Remediate 21 Blighted Properties and Put Them Back Into Productive Use To Grow Jobs and Housing

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 4, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has approved a series of state grants totaling $20 million that will be used to support the remediation and redevelopment of 21 blighted… Read More

Governor Lamont, Comptroller Scanlon, Treasurer Russell Announce Connecticut Pension Funds Achieve Highest Funded Ratios in Nearly 20 Years

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 2, 2024
Newly Released Reports Highlight Strengthened Health of State’s Pension Funds HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont, Comptroller Sean Scanlon, and Treasurer Erick Russell today are highlighting… Read More

Governor Lamont Announces Reopening of Fairfield Avenue Bridge in Norwalk

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 2, 2024
Bridge Reconstruction Completed Months Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget NORWALK, CT - Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Fairfield… Read More

Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Tuesday Evening

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
December 2, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Tuesday, December 3, 2024. Flags are… Read More

Governor Lamont and Lt. Governor Bysiewicz on the Passing of Former Hartford Mayor Thirman L. Milner

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
November 29, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz released the following statements regarding the passing of Thirman L. Milner, who served as the mayor of Hartford from 1981 to 1987… Read More

Governor Lamont Appoints Dr. Alice Pritchard as Interim Executive Director of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
November 27, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing Dr. Alice M. Pritchard to serve as interim executive director of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System… Read More

Governor Lamont's 2024 Thanksgiving Message

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
November 27, 2024
HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today shared the following Thanksgiving message with the residents of Connecticut: WATCH: Governor Lamont’s 2024 Thanksgiving… Read More