Press Releases

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• 10/21/2019 Governor Lamont Says Decision to Release School Vaccination Data to the Public Is a Win for Transparency

  Governor Ned Lamont today said that a decision by his administration to publicly release data on school-by-school vaccination rates is a win for parents and guardians who want to know basic statistics about the educational institutions in which their children are enrolled.

• 10/17/2019 Governor Lamont: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that – in accordance with a presidential proclamation directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset beginning immediately until sunset on Friday, October 18, 2019.

• 10/15/2019 Governor Lamont: Connecticut Mother With Legal Resident Status Granted Stay of Deportation

  Governor Ned Lamont today applauded news that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has granted a stay of deportation to Hartford resident Wayzaro Walton and agreed to reconsider her case, giving her the opportunity to make the argument that her full and unconditional pardon from the State of Connecticut should recognized.

• 10/10/2019 Governor Lamont: National Organization Commends Connecticut for Achieving Full Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Reform

  Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding the news that the Joyful Heart Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of sexual assault survivors, has certified Connecticut as having implemented “full reform” concerning policies and procedures on the processing of sexual assault evidence kits.

• 10/10/2019 Governor Lamont Receives Annual Report Evaluating Strength of Connecticut’s Cybersecurity Defenses

  This Year’s Report Focuses on Four Utility Companies: Aquarion, Avangrid, Connecticut Water, and Eversource

• 10/4/2019 Governor Lamont Directs Flags to Half-Staff Sunday for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 6, 2019 in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

• 10/3/2019 Governor Lamont Statement on First Meeting of the Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Authority

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the first meeting of the board of directors of the recently formed Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Authority, which is responsible for establishing and administering Connecticut’s recently adopted paid family medical leave program.

• 10/3/2019 Governor Lamont Statement Regarding First Known Vaping-Related Death in Connecticut

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by the Connecticut Department of Public Health that a person with a vaping-related lung injury in Connecticut has died.

• 10/2/2019 Governor Lamont Creates Task Force on Transit-Oriented Development in Fairfield County

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as part of his ongoing efforts to promote economic development and meet the needs of Connecticut businesses and the workforce, he is forming a task force of local and private sector leaders and state agency representatives to advance transit-oriented development (TOD) within Fairfield County.

• 10/1/2019 Governor and Mrs. Lamont Invite Middle School Students to Create Christmas Ornaments for the Governor’s Residence

  Governor Ned Lamont and First Lady Annie Lamont today announced that they are inviting middle school students in Connecticut to design and create Christmas ornaments that will be displayed at the Governor’s Residence this holiday season.

• 10/1/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Enactment of Law Raising the Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21

  Governor Ned Lamont is reminding Connecticut residents that a new law he championed and signed earlier this year raising the age to legally purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 took effect on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.

• 9/28/2019 Governor Lamont: Wall Street Journal Recognizes Positive Shift in Connecticut’s Economic Outlook

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement responding to an editorial in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

• 9/27/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $2.9M Federal Grant to Strengthen Medicaid Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving nearly $2.9 million in federal funding to plan for increased capacity of the state’s Medicaid program in delivering substance use disorder treatment and recovery services.

• 9/27/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Schools Ranked Top Three in Nation by Education Week

  Governor Ned Lamont and State Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona today announced that Connecticut’s K-12 schools have been ranked as the third best in the nation by Education Week in the annual edition of its Grading the States report.

• 9/26/2019 Governor Lamont Announces $13 Million in Small Cities Grants Awarded to 13 Municipalities to Modernize and Rehabilitate Housing

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that $13 million is being awarded to 13 municipalities in Connecticut to provide infrastructure upgrades that will modernize and rehabilitate housing for low and moderate-income individuals.