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• 7/19/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, NEW HAVEN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF 2022 CT SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

  Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) dedicated $12 million of federal American Rescue Plan funding (ARPA) to continue the state’s highly successful Summer Enrichment Program

• 7/11/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, NEW BRITAIN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONNECTICUT SUMMER AT THE MUSEUM PROGRAM

  From July 1, 2022 to September 5, 2022, Connecticut children age 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult can visit participating museums free of charge through the program

• 6/24/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY OF THE STATE DENISE MERRILL

  Lt. Governor Bysiewicz Governor released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill that she intends to resign from her elected office effective at noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022:

• 6/23/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE

  Lt. Governor Bysiewicz today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns the landmark protections on reproductive rights that were prescribed nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade:

• 6/21/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & THE CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS DESIGNATE NEW LONDON AS THE STATE’S THIRD “CULTURAL DISTRICT”

  A Cultural District is a specific area of a city or town identified by the municipality that has a number of cultural facilities, activities and/or assets–both for profit and nonprofit

• 6/20/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, DMV OFFICIALS AND LOCAL WETHERSFIELD OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE IMPACT OF GOVERNOR LAMONT’S MOTOR VEHICLE TAX CUT

  A component of Governor Lamont’s $600 tax cut package, motor vehicle property taxes will be capped from 45 mills to 32.46 mills, reimbursing local government for the resulting revenue impact

• 6/8/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ COMMENDS RECOGNIZED SUBMISSIONS TO THE THIRD ANNUAL LT. GOVERNOR’S COMPUTING CHALLENGE

  Third annual event organized by the Governor's Council on Women and Girls sees increase in number female participants across Connecticut

• 6/2/2022 LT. GOVERNOR SUSAN BYSIEWICZ ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW CT.GOV STEAM PORTAL

  With the goal of keeping females engaged and involved in STEAM fields

• 5/31/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAN SCANLON JOIN BRIDGEPORT MAYOR GANIM TO PROMOTE 2022 CT CHILD TAX REBATE

  The expansion of the federal tax credit will provide needed economic support to low-to-moderate income working individuals and families disproportionately burdened by COVID-19 and its negative economic impacts

• 5/19/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, TRUMBULL ELECTED OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GRANT-IN-AID FOR NEW VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS CENTER

  A $1.5 million grant-in-aid to the town of Trumbull for a new Veterans and First Responders Center

• 5/18/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, CHESTER TOWN OFFICIALS HOLD CEREMONY TO HONOR KOREAN AND VIETNAM WAR VETERANS

  Veterans, families and friends gathered in Chester to honor those who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars

• 4/20/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, VERNON ELECTED OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GRANT-IN-AID FOR FOX HILL MEMORIAL TOWER

  $2.5 million dollars allocated in state bonding funds to the Town of Vernon for the rehabilitation and restoration of the historic Fox Hill Memorial Tower

• 4/14/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL ON WOMEN AND GIRLS RECOGNIZES NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH

  Since 2003, April has been designated by US legislators as National Financial Literacy Month

• 4/6/2022 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’S CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS DESIGNATE TORRINGTON AS THE STATE’S SECOND “CULTURAL DISTRICT”

  A Cultural District is a specific area of a city or town identified by the municipality that has a number of cultural facilities, activities and/or assets–both for profit and nonprofit

• 3/15/2022 Lt. Governor Bysiewicz, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Waterbury Elected Officials Praise Governor Lamont's $18 Million Proposal to Address Domestic Violence

  Governor Lamont’s priority budget items include $18 million to fill a gap in victim services and expand emergency housing assistance for survivors of domestic violence