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4/20/2021
Governor Lamont Announces Partnership With Steven Van Zandt’s TeachRock To Engage Connecticut Students in Academics Using Popular Music and Culture
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut, through the State Department of Education, is partnering with TeachRock to launch an innovative, standards-aligned arts’ curriculum in schools statewide that empowers teachers to engage with students using the history of popular music and culture.
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4/20/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Streamlining of State’s Human Resources Operations, Highlights Support Of Pandemic Response
Governor Ned Lamont today provided a status update on the executive order he signed in 2019 that directed state agencies to streamline their human resources operations in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and implement efficiencies with the goal of improving the ability of residents to interact with the state, all while saving taxpayer dollars.
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4/20/2021
Governor Lamont Directs Flags Lowered To Half-Staff In Honor of Vice President Walter Mondale
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of Vice President Walter F. Mondale.
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4/19/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021.
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4/16/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2021.
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4/16/2021
Governor Lamont: Flags Lowered To Half-Staff In Remembrance of the Victims of the Mass Shooting In Indianapolis
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that – in accordance with a proclamation from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the mass shooting last night in Indianapolis, Indiana – he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to fly at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
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4/15/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
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4/14/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
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4/13/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
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4/13/2021
Governor Lamont Announces Renewed Emphasis on Growing a Diverse Skilled Trades Workforce
Governor Ned Lamont, along with Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull, today announced that the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) has published a step-by-step informational guide to pursuing a career in the skilled trades that aims to promote a more diverse workforce, and support women and historically disadvantaged groups in finding stable employment and higher wages as Connecticut recovers from the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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4/12/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2021.
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4/12/2021
Governor Lamont Announces $49M in State Funding To Build More Units of Affordable Housing In Connecticut
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that more than $49 million in state funding that will support the development of hundreds of units of affordable housing in towns throughout Connecticut is anticipated to be approved when the State Bond Commission meets later this week.
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4/12/2021
Governor Lamont Launches State Initiative To Address Student Absenteeism and Disengagement Resulting From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is launching a new state program aimed at engaging with K-12 students who struggled with absenteeism and disengagement during the 2020-21 school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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4/9/2021
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021.
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4/9/2021
Governor Lamont Applauds Biden Administration Selection of Nick Simmons to Serve As Senior U.S. Education Official
Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the announcement today that the Biden administration has selected Nick Simmons to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Education for School Reopening and Recovery in a position that will have him coordinating efforts on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education to safely reopen schools across the country and help school communities recover from the detrimental impacts on student learning from the COVID-19 pandemic.