Press Releases

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• 9/26/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Four Connecticut Public Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon School Award

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the U.S. Department of Education is recognizing four Connecticut public schools as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools, an annual award given to select schools across the nation for demonstrating overall high achievement or success in closing achievement gaps.

• 9/25/2019 Governor Lamont and Governor Cuomo Announce Joint State Partnership to Develop Uniform Approach to E-Cigarettes and Legal Cannabis ‎Program

  Governor Ned Lamont and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a strategic partnership between Connecticut and New York to develop a uniform regional approach to policies on e-cigarettes and legal cannabis.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Emphasizes Importance of Studying the Past in Audio Essay for Podcast on Connecticut History

  A speech – and now audio essay – written by Governor Ned Lamont on separating fact from fiction before entering war is the subject of the latest episode of “Grating the Nutmeg,” a podcast on Connecticut history produced by Connecticut Explored, a magazine on state history, and State Historian Walt Woodward.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Urges General Assembly to Meet in Special Session on Restaurant Wage Legislation as Soon as Possible

  Governor Ned Lamont is urging the members of the Connecticut General Assembly to meet in special session as soon as possible to adopt legislation his administration developed following a series of meetings this summer with the leaders of each legislative caucus to address the ongoing issue of wages for restaurant workers.

• 9/24/2019 Governor Lamont Advises Connecticut Residents to Take Proper Precautions Against Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

  Governor Ned Lamont is advising people in Connecticut to take proper precautions to protect themselves against Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) as state public health officials announced that the second person to be diagnosed with the virus this year in Connecticut has passed away.

• 9/19/2019 Governor Lamont Receives Revised Guidance on Prepared Foods From the Department of Revenue Services

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he received a revised policy statement from the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) updating its guidance of the recently adopted law on prepared foods sold in grocery stores in order to better reflect the intention of the legislature when it was adopted as part of the state budget earlier this year.

• 9/18/2019 Governor Lamont Applauds Announcement That Alexion Pharmaceuticals Plans to Expand in New Haven

  Governor Ned Lamont is applauding an announcement made today by Alexion Pharmaceuticals that it plans to invest $10 million to expand its Global Product Development lab in New Haven, saying that the expansion represents an opportunity for Connecticut’s highly trained workers in a fast-growing sector.

• 9/18/2019 Governor Lamont Applauds PURA Approval of Millstone Contract Between Dominion, Eversource, and United Illuminating

  Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the approval of a contract today by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) between Dominion Energy, owner of the Millstone Nuclear Facility, and Eversource and United Illuminating, the state’s two electric distribution utilities, regarding the future of Millstone.

• 9/16/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Support for Eliminating Vaccination Exemptions for Children Who Attend Public Schools

  Governor Ned Lamont today said that Connecticut should join the growing number of states that due to overwhelming public safety risks are requiring children who attend public schools – and are medically capable – to receive vaccinations for preventable diseases, citing recently-released statistics from the Department of Public Health (DPH) showing that over the last year the state has had the largest single year increase in claimed exemptions for vaccinations since the state began tracking the data a decade ago.

• 9/14/2019 Governor Lamont on the Retirement of Jeffrey Geiger from Electric Boat and Appointment of Kevin Graney as President

  Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement regarding the announcement that Jeffrey S. Geiger, who has served as president of Electric Boat since 2013, will retire effective September 30, and General Dynamics NASSCO president Kevin Graney will be appointed as his successor.

• 9/13/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $4.7M Grant to Enhance Employment Services for Those Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) is receiving a $4.7 million federal grant that will be used by the state to fund initiatives that provide employment and workforce-investment services to people who have been impacted by the nationwide opioid epidemic.

• 9/13/2019 Governor Lamont Selects Josh Geballe to Chair the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority, Appoints Three Members

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is naming Josh Geballe, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), to serve as chairperson of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority’s board of directors. In addition, he is appointing Molly Weston Williamson, Henry J. Zaccardi, and Richard Duffy to serve as members.

• 9/10/2019 Governor Lamont and Lt. Governor Bysiewicz Recruit Leaders From Connecticut’s Largest Companies to Advance the Goals of the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls

  Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz today announced that they have recruited senior level executives from some of Connecticut’s largest companies, including several Fortune 500 companies, to serve on a Corporate Leadership Circle that will work to help advance the goals of the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls.

• 9/10/2019 Governor Lamont Directs Flags to Half-Staff Wednesday in Observance of 9/11 Anniversary

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 men, women, and children who were killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

• 9/10/2019 Governor Lamont and Coalition of Governors Implore President Trump to Take Action on Gun Safety

  Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of eleven other states have a message for President Donald Trump: It’s time for federal action on measures that prevent gun violence.