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• 7/16/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Agreement To Support Community Health Centers With Boost To Medicaid Reimbursement Rates

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves today announced that the Lamont administration has reached an agreement with the 17 community health centers in Connecticut regarding a three-year plan to boost Medicaid reimbursement rates for the centers that service 440,000 people across the state each year.

• 7/15/2025 Governor Lamont Announces State Grants To Protect 2,270 Acres of Open Space and Create Six New Community Green Spaces

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding $14.3 million in state funding to aid in the purchase and protection of more than 2,270 acres of open space through 25 properties in 22 towns and cities across Connecticut. Additionally, $725,353 is being awarded to support the creation of six new community green spaces.

• 7/14/2025 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Requiring Connecticut To Preserve Existing Water Fluoridation Standards; Local Dentists Cheer New State Law

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation enacting a new state law requiring public water systems in Connecticut to maintain the existing levels of fluoride used in water supplies under the recommendation as currently prescribed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, providing the state with defenses should the Trump administration move forward with its plans to eliminate this federal standard.

• 7/14/2025 Governor Lamont Activates Extreme Hot Weather Protocol Beginning Tuesday Afternoon

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to a weather forecast indicating that Connecticut will experience a multi-day stretch of exceptionally hot and humid conditions, he is directing Connecticut's Extreme Hot Weather Protocol to be activated effective at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, and remaining in effect through at least 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 18, 2025.

• 7/10/2025 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Supporting Growth in Connecticut’s Agriculture Industry

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law two major pieces of legislation approved by the Connecticut General Assembly this session that encourage growth within Connecticut's agricultural sector.

• 7/3/2025 Governor Lamont Statement on Approval of Congressional Republicans’ Budget Bill

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the Republican budget bill that was approved today in Congress.

• 7/1/2025 Governor Lamont Orders Special Elections To Complete the Terms of Three Retiring Probate Judges

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is ordering special elections to be held on the same date as the next general election - Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - to complete the terms of three probate judges who will each be retiring over the course of the next year.

• 6/30/2025 Governor Lamont Signs Biennial State Budget for 2026 and 2027

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law the biennial state budget bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, which makes historic investments to expand access to early childhood education, which is among the costliest item for families, all while holding the line on taxes.

• 6/30/2025 Governor Lamont Selects Marissa Paslick Gillett To Serve as Chairperson of PURA

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is selecting Commissioner Marissa Paslick Gillett to serve another two-year term as chairperson of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). Commissioner Gillett has served on PURA since 2019.

• 6/30/2025 Governor Lamont Announces $10 Million Investment in Rural Transportation Infrastructure

  Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that $10 million in state funding is being awarded to eight rural communities in Connecticut through the Transportation Rural Improvement Program (TRIP), a state grant program administered by the Connecticut Department of Transportation that is designed to support the state's rural communities, which are often ineligible for many federal transportation programs.

• 6/26/2025 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Establishing the Fallen Hero Fund, Making Survivor Benefits Available for Families of All First Responders

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation modifying the state’s Fallen Officer Fund, which was created last year and provides survivor benefits to the families of fallen police officers, by expanding its availability to include the families of all first responders, including firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and paramedics, and correspondingly renames it the Fallen Hero Fund.

• 6/25/2025 Governor Lamont and Coalition of Governors Urge Congress To Protect the Nation’s Food and Nutrition Program

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he and a coalition of 22 governors have sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which puts food on the table for millions of Americans, and warning that current proposals under consideration in Congress threaten the ability of states to continue this program.

• 6/25/2025 Governor Lamont Appoints Professor Delwyn Cummings to the Board of Regents

  <span>Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing Delwyn F. Cummings, a former professor of science at Connecticut State (CT State) Naugatuck Valley, to serve as a member of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR), the governing body for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system.</span>

• 6/25/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Selection of Developer for Major Transit-Oriented Development at New Haven Union Station

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Deputy Commissioner Laoise King today announced that Gilbane Development Company and MURAL Real Estate Partners have been selected to lead a privately developed transit-oriented, mixed-use community at New Haven Union Station.

• 6/24/2025 Governor Lamont Statement on the Passing of Mark Davis

  Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement regarding the passing of former WTNH reporter Mark Davis.