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• 6/26/2019 Governor Lamont Statement on Supreme Court Census Decision

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today regarding the citizenship question and the 2020 census.

• 6/25/2019 Governor Lamont Signs First State Budget: Does Not Include Any Tax Rate Increases or Cuts to Essential Services, Keeps Cities and Towns Whole

  Governor Ned Lamont today signed legislation enacting a biennial budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, which closes the $3.7 billion deficit he inherited without any tax rate increases or significant cuts to essential services.

• 6/24/2019 Governor Lamont Signs Historic Law Enacting Family and Medical Leave in Connecticut

  Joined by lawmakers, small business owners, and working families, Governor Ned Lamont today held a bill signing ceremony to sign a law that will enact a paid family and medical leave program in Connecticut.

• 6/23/2019 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Supporting Connecticut’s Booming Craft Beer Industry

  Governor Ned Lamont today joined legislators and small business owners for a bill signing ceremony at Tribus Beer Company, a locally-owned craft brewery in Milford, to commemorate the enactment of legislation modernizing several of Connecticut’s outdated blue laws in order to support further growth in Connecticut’s booming craft beer industry.

• 6/20/2019 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Banning Gay and Transgender 'Panic' Defenses in Criminal Cases

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation prohibiting criminal defendants in Connecticut from using a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity as a legal tactic to bolster the defense of the violent crimes for which they are accused.

• 6/19/2019 Governor Lamont: Amazon Will Soon Hire 1,800 Full-Time Employees at New Fulfillment Center in North Haven

  Governor Ned Lamont and other state and local leaders today met with executives from Amazon for a tour to view progress on the company’s upcoming fulfillment center in North Haven, during which the executives announced that they are on track to soon begin hiring up to 1,800 full-time employees who will work at the location.

• 6/18/2019 Governor Lamont Releases June Bond Commission Agenda

  Governor Ned Lamont today released the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the State Bond Commission, which includes critical funding for initiatives such as local bridge repairs, clean water and drinking water programs, key housing programs, and minority business assistance programs.

• 6/18/2019 Governor Lamont and DEEP Commissioner Dykes Statements on Trump Administration’s Actions to Replace the Clean Power Plan

  Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today released the following statements regarding the Trump administration’s actions to replace the Clean Power Plan.

• 6/16/2019 Governor Lamont and Other Officials Mark the One-Year Anniversary of the Hartford Line

  Governor Ned Lamont today joined Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joe Giulietti, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and other federal, state and local officials to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the launch of the CTrail Hartford Line – the passenger rail service that has multiple stations in Central Connecticut along the I-91 corridor connecting New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield.

• 6/13/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Departure of Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the state’s Consumer Counsel, Elin Swanson Katz, has chosen to leave her position with the state effective July 5, 2019 to pursue her passion for improving broadband access for Connecticut’s citizens.

• 6/13/2019 Governor Lamont: Connecticut Partners With College Board to Offer Scholarships for Low-Income Families

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced that CSDE has teamed up with the College Board to launch a supplemental pool of scholarship funds available to students from lower-income families starting with the class of 2020.

• 6/13/2019 Governor Lamont Issues Proclamation Declaring LGBTQ Pride Month in Connecticut

  Governor Ned Lamont has issued a proclamation declaring June as “LGBTQ Pride Month” in the State of Connecticut.

• 6/12/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Sleeping Giant State Park to Reopen to the Public on Friday, June 14

  Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes today announced that Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden will reopen to the public beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, June 14.

• 6/12/2019 Governor Lamont Signs Ethan’s Law to Strengthen Requirements on the Safe Storage of Firearms in the Home

  Joined by state lawmakers and advocates for commonsense gun safety laws, Governor Ned Lamont today held a bill signing ceremony on the Guilford town green to commemorate final passage of a measure closing a loophole in state statutes on the safe storage of unattended firearms in homes.

• 6/10/2019 Governor Lamont: UTC’s Continued Commitment to Connecticut Helps Economy, Workforce

  Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement regarding conversations he has had over the past 48 hours with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) CEO Greg Hayes on the company’s continued commitment to Connecticut.