Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today released the following joint statement regarding the proposed University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association contract. “There is a nearly $40 million gap between UConn’s estimate and OPM’s and the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis’ estimates of the true cost of…
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced today that he has appointed Tatiana Quinzi to the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Quinzi, a veteran of the United States Marine Corp, served as an Aviation Operations Specialist. The appointment is effective immediately and is coterminous with Sen. Duff’s appointing authority. Source:…
DetailsSenate President Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) released the following statement concerning today’s budget projections from the Office of Fiscal Analysis. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today announced that he has proposed legislation that permits manufacturers of electric vehicles to sell directly to consumers. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsState Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced Tuesday that as Connecticut begins the 2016 Regular Session tomorrow, broadband continues to be a competitive strength and significant bright spot in its growing economy. Following up to a recent report that found connection speeds in Connecticut were among the fastest in the world, a report recently…
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) joined Syd Kain, President of Sovereign Home Health Connecticut, at the company’s Norwalk headquarters to tout the state’s InvestCT program (formerly the Insurance Reinvestment Fund) which helped Sovereign Home Health create 40 jobs. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsSenate Democrats today announced their plans to give additional support to veteran-owned small businesses. The proposed bill would give veteran-owned businesses additional bidding preferences under state contracting laws and waive the first year’s business entity tax for start-up veteran-owned businesses. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsToday, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced that he and Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz (D-Berlin/Southington) appointed Norwalk Public School teacher Dr. Aneury “Reese” Morales to Connecticut’s Commission on Children. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsToday, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced the State Bond Commission is expected to approve over $3 million grant-in-aid funding in total for the Mill Hill Historic Park, the Maritime Aquarium, the Lockwood Mathews Mansion, and the Norwalk Public Schools. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsToday, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) presented donations totaling $17,150 to eight local nonprofits including The Carver Center, Children’s Connection, Community Plates, the Fire Victims Fund, Norwalk Police Activities League (PAL), Norwalk Reads!, Person to Person, and St. Vincent de Paul. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
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