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• 11/1/2024 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Monday in Honor of Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg

  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 Monday, November 4, 2024, in honor of Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg, who died in the line of duty.

• 11/1/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Launch of 2025 Teen Safe Driving Video Contest Hosted by the Connecticut DMV and Travelers

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that teenage students and high schools in Connecticut can win up to $26,000 in prizes by entering a submission into Connecticut's 16th annual Teen Safe Driving Video Contest hosted by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles and Travelers.

• 11/1/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Open Enrollment for Coverage With Access Health CT Has Begun and Runs Through January 15

  Governor Ned Lamont and Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais today announced that the open enrollment period for Connecticut residents seeking to enroll in health insurance plans for 2025 with Access Health CT, the state’s official health insurance marketplace, has begun effective this morning and continues through January 15, 2025.

• 10/30/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Applications Now Open for Grants To Support Youth-Led Service Initiatives

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Commission on Community Service, also known as Serve Connecticut, is now accepting applications for mini-grants to support youth-led service initiatives in Connecticut.

• 10/30/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Awarded $9 Million to Close the Digital Divide

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Commission for Educational Technology, an office within the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, is being awarded more than $9 million in federal funding to launch key initiatives outlined in the state's digital equity plan, "Connecticut: Everyone Connected."

• 10/29/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing Set To Be Honored as the Air National Guard’s Top Airlift Unit

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut National Guard's 103rd Airlift Wing has been named the best airlift unit in the Air National Guard by the Airlift/Tanker Association, a group of aviation professionals dedicated to the support of military airlift.

• 10/28/2024 Governor Lamont Announces FEMA Amends Major Disaster Declaration for August Storm To Include Public Assistance Program

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received notification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) informing him that the major disaster declaration President Joe Biden approved for Fairfield County, Litchfield County, and New Haven County as a result of the historic rainfall and extreme flooding that region of Connecticut received on August 18, 2024, has been amended to include the governor's request for FEMA's Public Assistance Program.

• 10/27/2024 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Monday 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 Monday, October 28, 2024.

• 10/25/2024 Governor Lamont Calls for Independent Audit of Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is calling for an independent audit of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system in an effort to increase public transparency and accountability of the higher education system's financial management practices.

• 10/25/2024 Governor Lamont Declares State of Emergency Due to Critical Fire Weather Conditions Statewide

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has declared a state of emergency due to the critical fire weather conditions that exist throughout Connecticut, as well as the continued response to the brush fire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin and Meriden, which is being commonly referred to as the Hawthorne Fire.

• 10/25/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Accelerated Efforts To Build a Skills-Based Ecosystem for Public Sector Employment in State Government

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is joining a coalition of state governments working to make skills-first talent practices a reality as part of the "Transformers in the Public Sector" initiative, a first-of-its-kind effort led by the national nonprofit organization Opportunity@Work that aims to break down barriers to public-sector employment for workers who have developed valuable skills through alternative means other than obtaining a bachelor's degree, such as military service, community college, training programs, partial college completion, or, most commonly, on-the-job experience.

• 10/25/2024 Governor Lamont Secures FEMA Grant to Assist With Emergency Costs of Responding to Hawthorne Fire in Berlin

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved his request for Connecticut to receive a grant through its Fire Management Assistance Grant program to support the state and its municipalities in their emergency response to the Hawthorne Fire in Berlin.

• 10/23/2024 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff in Honor of Wethersfield Firefighter Robert Sharkevich

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of Robert Sharkevich Sr., a member of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department and former member of the Hartford Fire Department who died in the line of duty while responding to a brush fire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin.

• 10/22/2024 Governor Lamont Announces $30 Million Investment for Infrastructure Improvements at State Parks

  Governor Ned Lamont, chairman of the State Bond Commission, today announced that the commission voted at its meeting this morning to approve an allocation of $30 million that will be used for infrastructure repairs and refurbishment needed across the Connecticut State Parks system.

• 10/22/2024 Governor Lamont Announces ‘Time to Own’ First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Program Reopens With the Support of $40 Million in Newly Released State Funding

  Governor Ned Lamont, who serves as chairman of the State Bond Commission, today announced that the commission voted at its meeting this morning to approve an allocation of $40 million in state funding that will be used to reopen Connecticut's popular Time To Own program to a new round of applicants.