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• 8/12/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, DANBURY ELECTED AND TOWN OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GRANT-IN-AID FOR CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITIES, INC.

  Announcing $2 million in state bonding dollars to build a two-level garage accommodating roughly 100 parking spaces behind the Greater Danbury Community Health Center

• 8/8/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, FAIRFIELD ELECTED AND TOWN OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GRANT-IN-AID FOR ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

  Announcing a total of $3.75 million in state bonding dollars for bike and pedestrian safety improvements in Fairfield

• 8/1/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, STAMFORD OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONNECTICUT SUMMER AT THE MUSEUM PROGRAM

  From July 1, 2022 to September 5, 2022, Connecticut children age 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult can visit participating museums free of charge through the program

• 7/27/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, DECD DESIGNATE WETHERSFIELD AS THE STATE’S FOURTH “CULTURAL DISTRICT”

  A Cultural District is a specific area of a city or town identified by the municipality that has a number of cultural facilities, activities and/or assets–both for profit and nonprofit

• 7/21/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, NEW LONDON OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE PEDIATRIC VACCINES

  Parents and caregivers can now get 6-month to 5-year-old children vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine

• 7/19/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, NEW HAVEN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF 2022 CT SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

  Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) dedicated $12 million of federal American Rescue Plan funding (ARPA) to continue the state’s highly successful Summer Enrichment Program

• 7/11/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, NEW BRITAIN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONNECTICUT SUMMER AT THE MUSEUM PROGRAM

  From July 1, 2022 to September 5, 2022, Connecticut children age 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult can visit participating museums free of charge through the program

• 6/24/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY OF THE STATE DENISE MERRILL

  Lt. Governor Bysiewicz Governor released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill that she intends to resign from her elected office effective at noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022:

• 6/24/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE

  Lt. Governor Bysiewicz today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns the landmark protections on reproductive rights that were prescribed nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade:

• 6/21/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & THE CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS DESIGNATE NEW LONDON AS THE STATE’S THIRD “CULTURAL DISTRICT”

  A Cultural District is a specific area of a city or town identified by the municipality that has a number of cultural facilities, activities and/or assets–both for profit and nonprofit

• 6/20/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, DMV OFFICIALS AND LOCAL WETHERSFIELD OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE IMPACT OF GOVERNOR LAMONT’S MOTOR VEHICLE TAX CUT

  A component of Governor Lamont’s $600 tax cut package, motor vehicle property taxes will be capped from 45 mills to 32.46 mills, reimbursing local government for the resulting revenue impact

• 6/8/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ COMMENDS RECOGNIZED SUBMISSIONS TO THE THIRD ANNUAL LT. GOVERNOR’S COMPUTING CHALLENGE

  Third annual event organized by the Governor's Council on Women and Girls sees increase in number female participants across Connecticut

• 6/2/2022 LT. GOVERNOR SUSAN BYSIEWICZ ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW CT.GOV STEAM PORTAL

  With the goal of keeping females engaged and involved in STEAM fields

• 5/31/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAN SCANLON JOIN BRIDGEPORT MAYOR GANIM TO PROMOTE 2022 CT CHILD TAX REBATE

  The expansion of the federal tax credit will provide needed economic support to low-to-moderate income working individuals and families disproportionately burdened by COVID-19 and its negative economic impacts

• 5/19/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, TRUMBULL ELECTED OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GRANT-IN-AID FOR NEW VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS CENTER

  A $1.5 million grant-in-aid to the town of Trumbull for a new Veterans and First Responders Center