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• 8/2/2019 Governor Lamont Encourages Consumers to Support Connecticut Grown Products at the State’s Farmers’ Markets

  Governor Ned Lamont is encouraging consumers to explore the more than 110 farmers' markets in Connecticut as states across the country prepare to celebrate National Farmers’ Markets Week, which runs from August 4-10, 2019.

• 7/31/2019 Statement from Governor Lamont’s Office on Legislators’ Casino Proposals

  Governor Ned Lamont’s Director of Communications Max Reiss released the following statement concerning an announcement today from a group of state legislators on their proposals regarding casinos.

• 7/31/2019 Governor Lamont Orders Major Restructuring of State’s Human Resources Functions to Eliminate Redundancy and Implement Efficiencies

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing executive branch state agencies to begin a major restructuring of their human resources operations in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and implement efficiencies with the goal of improving the ability of residents to interact with the state, all while saving taxpayer dollars.

• 7/30/2019 Governor Lamont Directs Assessment of Port Authority and Lottery Management as Part of a Larger Governance and Operational Review of the State’s Eleven Quasi-Public Agencies

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is taking further action to investigate and address recent developments at two of Connecticut’s quasi-public agencies – the Connecticut Lottery and the Connecticut Port Authority.

• 7/26/2019 Wall Street Tells Connecticut: Keep the Momentum Going

  Governor Ned Lamont is announcing Connecticut’s continued momentum following a successful debt refinancing through the Office of the State Treasurer Friday. Connecticut was able to refinance debt at one of the lowest relative interest rates the state has seen in years.

• 7/25/2019 Governor Lamont Creates Task Force on Housing and Supports for Vulnerable Populations

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that, as part of his ongoing efforts to streamline the services state government provides and create efficiencies for Connecticut residents, he is forming a task force that will be responsible for providing his administration with a coordinated response in support of those who are facing homelessness and in need of other forms of assistance.

• 7/24/2019 Governor Lamont Calls on Connecticut Port Authority Chair to Resign

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that based on actions made by the chair of the Connecticut Port Authority that he believes were inappropriate and unacceptable given the importance of this board, he has called for the resignation of board chair Bonnie Reemsnyder. At today’s board meeting, Reemsnyder submitted her resignation.

• 7/23/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Release of State Assistance for Gun Violence Prevention Efforts

  In response to discussions his administration has had with the police chiefs of Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven regarding a recent, summertime increase in urban gun violence, Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the state is releasing an extra $25,000 to each city that will help pay for the short-term costs of adding local police patrols above their normal staffing levels that will be specifically focused on curbing violence.

• 7/22/2019 Governor Lamont: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff Tuesday in Honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that – in accordance with a presidential proclamation directing flags to be lowered throughout the country in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

• 7/19/2019 Statement From Governor Ned Lamont

  Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement regarding the veto of House Bill 5001.

• 7/18/2019 Governor Lamont Accepts State Board of Education Recommendation and Advances Nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona to Serve as Education Commissioner

  Following a vote by the State Board of Education to recommend Dr. Miguel A. Cardona to serve as commissioner of the State Department of Education, Governor Ned Lamont today announced that is advancing the nomination of the Meriden public schools educator to fill the position.

• 7/18/2019 Lamont Administration Reaches Pension Agreement With State Employee Unions That Will Provide Budgetary Relief

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has reached an agreement with the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) that will provide the state with hundreds of millions of dollars in budgetary relief over the next decade through a re-amortization of the state’s liability under the State Employee Retirement System (SERS), the state’s largest retirement system.

• 7/18/2019 Governor Lamont Advises Connecticut Residents to Prepare for Extreme Heat Over Next Several Days

  Governor Ned Lamont is advising Connecticut residents, particularly those who are most vulnerable, to take precautions ahead of the extreme temperatures that are forecast to impact the state beginning Friday and lasting through the weekend.

• 7/17/2019 Governor Lamont, Attorney General Tong Announce Lawsuit Against IRS, Secretary Mnuchin

  Acting to protect Connecticut taxpayers from the harmful effects of the Trump Administration's federal tax overhaul, Attorney General William Tong and Governor Ned Lamont announced today that the State is joining a multistate lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department.

• 7/16/2019 Statement From Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Charlie Baker, and Governor Gina Raimondo

  Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, and Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island today released the following joint statement regarding their regional policy meeting that was held today on the campus of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic.