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• 10/10/2019 Governor Lamont: National Organization Commends Connecticut for Achieving Full Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Reform

  Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding the news that the Joyful Heart Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of sexual assault survivors, has certified Connecticut as having implemented “full reform” concerning policies and procedures on the processing of sexual assault evidence kits.

• 10/4/2019 Governor Lamont Directs Flags to Half-Staff Sunday for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 6, 2019 in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

• 10/3/2019 Governor Lamont Statement on First Meeting of the Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Authority

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the first meeting of the board of directors of the recently formed Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Authority, which is responsible for establishing and administering Connecticut’s recently adopted paid family medical leave program.

• 10/3/2019 Governor Lamont Statement Regarding First Known Vaping-Related Death in Connecticut

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by the Connecticut Department of Public Health that a person with a vaping-related lung injury in Connecticut has died.

• 10/2/2019 Governor Lamont Creates Task Force on Transit-Oriented Development in Fairfield County

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as part of his ongoing efforts to promote economic development and meet the needs of Connecticut businesses and the workforce, he is forming a task force of local and private sector leaders and state agency representatives to advance transit-oriented development (TOD) within Fairfield County.

• 10/1/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Enactment of Law Raising the Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21

  Governor Ned Lamont is reminding Connecticut residents that a new law he championed and signed earlier this year raising the age to legally purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 took effect on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.

• 10/1/2019 Governor and Mrs. Lamont Invite Middle School Students to Create Christmas Ornaments for the Governor’s Residence

  Governor Ned Lamont and First Lady Annie Lamont today announced that they are inviting middle school students in Connecticut to design and create Christmas ornaments that will be displayed at the Governor’s Residence this holiday season.

• 9/28/2019 Governor Lamont: Wall Street Journal Recognizes Positive Shift in Connecticut’s Economic Outlook

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement responding to an editorial in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

• 9/27/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $2.9M Federal Grant to Strengthen Medicaid Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving nearly $2.9 million in federal funding to plan for increased capacity of the state’s Medicaid program in delivering substance use disorder treatment and recovery services.

• 9/27/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Schools Ranked Top Three in Nation by Education Week

  Governor Ned Lamont and State Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona today announced that Connecticut’s K-12 schools have been ranked as the third best in the nation by Education Week in the annual edition of its Grading the States report.

• 9/26/2019 Governor Lamont Announces $13 Million in Small Cities Grants Awarded to 13 Municipalities to Modernize and Rehabilitate Housing

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that $13 million is being awarded to 13 municipalities in Connecticut to provide infrastructure upgrades that will modernize and rehabilitate housing for low and moderate-income individuals.

• 9/26/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Four Connecticut Public Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon School Award

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the U.S. Department of Education is recognizing four Connecticut public schools as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools, an annual award given to select schools across the nation for demonstrating overall high achievement or success in closing achievement gaps.

• 9/25/2019 Governor Lamont and Governor Cuomo Announce Joint State Partnership to Develop Uniform Approach to E-Cigarettes and Legal Cannabis ‎Program

  Governor Ned Lamont and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a strategic partnership between Connecticut and New York to develop a uniform regional approach to policies on e-cigarettes and legal cannabis.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Emphasizes Importance of Studying the Past in Audio Essay for Podcast on Connecticut History

  A speech – and now audio essay – written by Governor Ned Lamont on separating fact from fiction before entering war is the subject of the latest episode of “Grating the Nutmeg,” a podcast on Connecticut history produced by Connecticut Explored, a magazine on state history, and State Historian Walt Woodward.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Urges General Assembly to Meet in Special Session on Restaurant Wage Legislation as Soon as Possible

  Governor Ned Lamont is urging the members of the Connecticut General Assembly to meet in special session as soon as possible to adopt legislation his administration developed following a series of meetings this summer with the leaders of each legislative caucus to address the ongoing issue of wages for restaurant workers.