Press Releases

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• 4/19/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

• 4/19/2022 Governor Lamont and Secretary Beckham Statements on the Passing of Sandra “Fae” Brown-Brewton

  Governor Ned Lamont and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Jeff Beckham released the following statements regarding the passing of Sandra “Fae” Brown-Brewton, undersecretary of labor relations for the Office of Policy and Management.

• 4/19/2022 Governor Lamont Announces Release of 2022 GreenerGov CT Progress Report, Celebrates Stand-Out Champions and Projects at Ceremony

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced the release of the 2022 GreenerGov CT Progress Report, detailing progress in making government operations more environmentally sustainable, and celebrated stand-out champions and projects at state agencies and entities at the GreenerGov Awards Ceremony.

• 4/18/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022.

• 4/15/2022 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 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2022.

• 4/14/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

• 4/13/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

• 4/13/2022 Governor Lamont Nominates Judge Joan Alexander to Supreme Court, Judge Hope Seeley to Appellate Court, and 11 Jurists to Superior Court

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating Judge Joan K. Alexander of Cromwell to serve as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court; Judge Hope Seeley of Coventry to serve as a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court; and 11 other jurists to serve as judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.

• 4/12/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

• 4/11/2022 Governor Lamont Applauds President Biden’s Actions Cracking Down on Ghost Guns

  Governor Ned Lamont is applauding President Joe Biden on his announcement today that he is taking new executive actions to crack down on ghost guns, including through the implementation of a federal rule that will require commercial manufacturers of gun assembly kits to include serial numbers on the kits, similar to those that are required on all other commercially-made firearms in the U.S.

• 4/11/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 11, 2022.

• 4/11/2022 Governor Lamont Announces Awarding of Disparity Study Contract

  Governor Ned Lamont – in collaboration with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunity (CHRO) and the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (DAS) – today announced that after a competitive bidding process, Griffin & Strong, P.C. has been awarded Contract #21PSX0035 to perform an independent disparity study relative to the State of Connecticut’s contracting practices and procedures.

• 4/8/2022 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 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022.

• 4/8/2022 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Expanding Eligibility for Absentee Ballots

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation (Public Act 22-2) expanding two of the six statutory reasons under which voters in Connecticut can qualify for an absentee ballot during an election, primary, or referendum by allowing out-of-town commuters and caretakers of those who are ill or have a disability to vote by absentee ballot.

• 4/7/2022 Governor Lamont Statement on the U.S. Senate Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Serve on the U.S. Supreme Court

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding today’s vote in the U.S. Senate confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.