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• 12/18/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Funding To Establish New State Program Helping To Make Energy Efficiency Upgrades at Existing Homes

  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 $18 million in bond funding that will be used to establish the Housing Environmental Improvement Revolving Loan and Grant Fund - a new state loan and grant program that will assist in making energy efficiency upgrades at existing single-family and multi-family homes and helping residents generate savings on energy bills.

• 12/18/2025 Governor Lamont Submits Plan To Tap Into Emergency State Response Reserve To Maintain Affordability for Connecticut Residents

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has submitted a plan to the bipartisan leadership of the Connecticut General Assembly to tap into the recently created Emergency State Response Reserve in response to recent federal funding delays and reductions that have been made by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to essential health and human services supports that the residents of Connecticut depend on for some of their most basic needs.

• 12/17/2025 Governor Lamont Announces State Grants To Assess and Remediate 16 Blighted Properties for Redevelopment

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing $28.2 million in state grants that will be used to support the remediation and assessment of 16 blighted properties, helping to bring more than 200 acres of land in 13 towns and cities back into productive use so they can be redeveloped and support the state's economic growth, including through hundreds of new housing units.

• 12/17/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Chief Marketing Officer Anthony Anthony To Leave State Service

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Anthony Anthony, who has served as Connecticut's chief marketing officer since March 2023, will depart state service effective February 6, 2026, to pursue a new professional opportunity.

• 12/16/2025 Governor Lamont, Commissioner Russell-Tucker Congratulate Two Connecticut Students Selected for the U.S. Senate Youth Program

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker are congratulating two Connecticut high school students on their selection to the prestigious United States Senate Youth Program, a national initiative that brings exceptional student leaders to Washington, D.C., for an intensive study of the federal government.

• 12/15/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Additional 40,000 Connecticut Residents To Have Medical Debt Erased

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that nearly 40,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters in the mail this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased under an initiative the Lamont administration launched last year in partnership with the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt to give relief to those who are having difficulties paying medical bills.

• 12/15/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Plans To Use Emergency State Response Reserve for Homelessness Prevention

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that in the coming days he will submit a plan to the bipartisan leadership of the Connecticut General Assembly to use funding from the recently created Emergency State Response Reserve to support homelessness prevention and response services throughout Connecticut.

• 12/13/2025 Governor Lamont Activates Connecticut’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol Sunday and Monday

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is activating Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning at noon on Sunday, December 14, 2025, and remaining in effect until noon on Monday, December 15, 2025, due to a blast of arctic air that will impact the state, including windchill temperatures during the overnight hours that are expected to be at or below zero.

• 12/12/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Sunday for the Anniversary of the Tragedy in Sandy Hook

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, December 14, 2025, in remembrance of the twenty children and six adults who were killed thirteen years ago in the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

• 12/11/2025 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Joins Multistate Licensure Compact Allowing Nurses To Practice in 43 Participating States and Territories

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, today announced that Connecticut has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact - an agreement among 43 U.S. states and territories that allows Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to obtain one multistate license permitting them to legally practice nursing in all participating locations.

• 12/10/2025 Governor Lamont, Treasurer Russell, Comptroller Scanlon Announce Continued Progress Toward Meeting Long-Term Pension Obligations

  Governor Ned Lamont, Treasurer Erick Russell, and Comptroller Sean Scanlon today highlighted the release of two reports detailing significant improvements made in recent years to strengthen the long-term health of Connecticut's pension funds for retired teachers and state workers, which in turn eases pressure on the General Fund and creates long-term savings for Connecticut taxpayers.

• 12/6/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Sunday for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, December 7, 2025, in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

• 12/5/2025 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Friday Evening

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Friday, December 5, 2025.

• 12/4/2025 Governor Lamont Activates Connecticut’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol Beginning This Afternoon

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to a weather forecast indicating that Connecticut will experience a blast of arctic temperatures averaging 10 to 20 degrees below normal over the next several days, he is directing the state's Severe Cold Weather Protocol to be activated effective at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025, and remaining in effect through 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.

• 12/4/2025 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Dykes Statements on Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today released the following statements regarding a proposal announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to roll back federal fuel economy standards.