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• 4/8/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Victory Parade and Rally Honoring UConn Women’s Basketball Scheduled for This Saturday in Hartford

  <p>Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut, the City of Hartford, and the Hartford Business Improvement District will host a victory parade and rally in downtown Hartford on Saturday, April 12, 2025, to congratulate the UConn women's basketball team for winning the 2025 NCAA National Championship.</p>

• 4/3/2025 Governor Lamont Proclaims ‘Huskies Weekend’ in Connecticut to Honor the UConn Women’s Basketball Team

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is proclaiming Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6, 2025, as "Huskies Weekend" in the State of Connecticut in recognition of the UConn women's basketball team for playing in the NCAA Tournament Final Four game on Friday night.

• 4/3/2025 Governor Lamont Announces State Grants to Municipalities for Maintenance of Neglected Cemeteries

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding state grants to 37 municipalities across Connecticut for the purposes of providing maintenance to neglected cemeteries.

• 4/1/2025 Governor Lamont Announces CT Home Funds: A $30 Million Investment to Incentivize and Increase Homeownership Opportunities in Connecticut

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that the Lamont administration and the Connecticut Department of Housing are making a $30 million investment to launch CT Home Funds, a series of three housing programs designed to preserve, incentivize, and increase homeownership opportunities across Connecticut.

• 3/28/2025 Statement From Governor Lamont, Senate President Looney, and Speaker Ritter

  Governor Ned Lamont, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, and Speaker of the House Matt Ritter today released the following joint statement.

• 3/28/2025 Governor Lamont and Connecticut Department of Transportation Commemorate 10th Anniversary of CTfastrak

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today hosted a ceremony in downtown New Britain attended by a large crowd of state and local officials, transit advocates, small business owners, housing developers, and commuters to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CTfastrak, the state's first regional bus rapid transit system.

• 3/27/2025 Governor Lamont and Serve Connecticut Announce Grants To Support Youth-Led Service Projects

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Office of Higher Education Commissioner Timothy D. Larson today announced the awarding of $38,787 in mini-grants through the Connecticut Commission on Community Service, also known as Serve Connecticut, to support five youth-led initiatives in Connecticut.

• 3/27/2025 Governor Lamont: Trump Administration Cuts Will Have Sweeping Impact on Public Health, Mental Health, and Addiction Services in Connecticut

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration was notified this week by the Trump administration through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it is immediately terminating a number of grants estimated to total more than $150 million that had been allocated to Connecticut for a wide range of essential public health, mental health, and addiction services, such as disease outbreak surveillance, newborn screenings, childhood immunizations, and testing for viruses and other pathogens.

• 3/25/2025 Governor Lamont Highlights Significant Investments in Towns and Cities

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the FY 2026/2027 biennial state budget proposal that he presented to the Connecticut General Assembly last month continues recent trends under his administration of increasing state funding for Connecticut's town and city governments to support the administration and delivery of municipal services, even while the state has made challenging funding decisions and streamlined costs across state government.

• 3/20/2025 Governor Lamont Statement on President Trump’s Order To Begin Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the executive order signed by President Donald Trump directing the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

• 3/17/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Start of the Dutch Point Viaduct Rehabilitation Project on I–91 in Hartford

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation has begun construction on the Dutch Point Viaduct rehabilitation project on Interstate 91 southbound in Hartford.

• 3/13/2025 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Dykes Statements on EPA Announcement Rolling Back Environmental and Clean Air Regulations

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today released the following statements regarding an announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it will be rolling back a series of landmark environmental and clean air regulations.

• 3/13/2025 Governor Lamont Statement on Committee Vote Approving the Nomination of David Arconti as PURA Commissioner

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement in response to the vote today by the members of the legislature's Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee approving the nomination of David Arconti, Jr. to serve as a commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

• 3/13/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Voting for the Pizza Capital Trail Opens Friday (Pi Day!)

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that on Friday, March 14, 2025 (National Pi Day!), the Connecticut Office of Statewide Marketing and Tourism will invite the public to begin voting on which pizzerias they think should be included in the Pizza Capital Trail, an upcoming collection of the top 100 most celebrated independent pizza restaurants in Connecticut that will serve as a guide for visitors and pizza enthusiasts on where they can get some of the best pizza in the country.

• 3/10/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Launch of Made, Connecticut’s Premier Business Leadership Series

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of MADE, a groundbreaking quarterly business leadership series of events designed to equip Connecticut's industry professionals and entrepreneurs with the connections, resources, and insights necessary to create opportunity in today's business landscape.