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• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Advises Connecticut Residents to Take Proper Precautions Against Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

  Governor Ned Lamont is advising people in Connecticut to take proper precautions to protect themselves against Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) as state public health officials announced that the second person to be diagnosed with the virus this year in Connecticut has passed away.

• 9/19/2019 Governor Lamont Receives Revised Guidance on Prepared Foods From the Department of Revenue Services

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he received a revised policy statement from the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) updating its guidance of the recently adopted law on prepared foods sold in grocery stores in order to better reflect the intention of the legislature when it was adopted as part of the state budget earlier this year.

• 9/18/2019 Governor Lamont Applauds Announcement That Alexion Pharmaceuticals Plans to Expand in New Haven

  Governor Ned Lamont is applauding an announcement made today by Alexion Pharmaceuticals that it plans to invest $10 million to expand its Global Product Development lab in New Haven, saying that the expansion represents an opportunity for Connecticut’s highly trained workers in a fast-growing sector.