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• 5/14/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Thursday for Peace Officers Memorial Day

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

• 5/14/2025 Governor Lamont Applauds House Approval of Legislation on Smartphones in Schools

  Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the Connecticut House of Representatives for approving legislation on Tuesday that requires all school districts statewide to adopt a policy on the use of smartphones by students in K-12 public schools as part of an effort to promote distraction-free learning in the digital age.

• 5/13/2025 Governor Lamont Applauds Connecticut Robotics Teams for National Success, Celebrates Manufacturing Innovation Fund Investment in Youth Talent

  Governor Ned Lamont today is congratulating ten Connecticut-based teams for advancing to the 2025 FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas - one of the world's premier STEM competitions - and is highlighting the role of the state's Manufacturing Innovation Fund in helping prepare young talent for careers in advanced manufacturing and engineering.

• 5/9/2025 Governor Lamont Statement on SEIU 1199NE Decision To Postpone Nursing Home and Group Home Worker Strike

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement after being informed by the leadership of SEIU 1199NE that the strike planned by nursing home workers and group home workers effective May 19 is being postponed until at least May 27.

• 5/9/2025 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Expanding the Connecticut Firefighters Cancer Relief Program

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation making several updates to the Connecticut Firefighters Cancer Relief Program.

• 5/8/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Office of Health Strategy Commissioner Deidre Gifford Planning To Retire

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received notification from Connecticut Office of Health Strategy Commissioner Deidre Gifford, MD, MPH, informing him of her intention to retire from state service next month.

• 5/4/2025 Governor Lamont and Lt. Governor Bysiewicz Statement on Pratt and Whitney Machinists Strike

  Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz today released the following joint statement regarding the Pratt and Whitney International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) vote to strike.

• 5/2/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Sunday for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

• 4/30/2025 Governor Lamont and Secretary Beckham Statements on April 2025 Consensus Revenue Forecast

  Governor Ned Lamont and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Jeffrey Beckham released the following statements in response to the April 30, 2025, consensus revenue forecast that was jointly issued today by the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

• 4/30/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Launch of Connecticut’s e-Apprenticeship System

  In commemoration of National Apprenticeship Day, Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Labor Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo today participated in the monthly meeting of the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council, where they announced the upcoming launch of the Connecticut Department of Labor's new e-Apprenticeship system.

• 4/30/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Registration Open for Innovation Made Leadership Event

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that registration is now open for the second event in the MADE leadership series - Innovation MADE - taking place on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. during the prestigious Yale Innovation Summit in New Haven.

• 4/30/2025 Governor Lamont Highlights Proactive Steps Connecticut Is Taking To Address ‘The Link’ Between Child Abuse and Animal Cruelty

  Governor Ned Lamont today joined other state officials and animal welfare advocates for a news conference at the headquarters of the Connecticut Humane Society in Newington to commemorate Child Abuse Awareness Month and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month and highlight the proactive work being done among Connecticut state agencies to cross report accounts of animal cruelty for assessment and possible investigation to determine the safety of children in households where these reports have occurred.

• 4/28/2025 Governor Lamont: Data Submitted Through Connecticut’s Federal Impact Reporting Portal Now Being Published Online

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is now publishing online the reports it is receiving through the Federal Impact Reporting portal that he launched earlier this month.

• 4/28/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Enhanced Wireless Service on the New Haven Line

  Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto, and AT&T Atlantic Region President John Emra today held a news conference at the Stamford Transportation Center to highlight recent work on an infrastructure project through a public-private partnership that is significantly improving wireless internet service for rail commuters on the Metro-North New Haven Line.

• 4/25/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Saturday Evening

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025.