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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz today announced that the U.S. Census Bureau will restart hand-delivering Census paper questionnaires to households with P.O. Boxes in an effort to increase participation in the decennial count.
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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and state Department of Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona today released the results of the 2020 Connecticut Student Mock Election, a nonpartisan, educational program designed to encourage youth to become active voters once they are old enough to vote.
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With counting efforts for the 2020 U.S. Census set to end on Sept. 30, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz encouraged the remaining Connecticut households to respond to the decennial questionnaire.
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Governor Lamont Directs Flags to Half-Staff Monday for the Anniversary of the Tragedy in Newtown
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, December 14, 2020, in remembrance of the twenty children and six adults who were killed eight years ago in the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
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Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz released the following statements on the votes cast this afternoon by Connecticut’s electoral college for President and Vice President of the United States.
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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, state Department of Education Commissioner and U.S. Secretary of Education-designate Miguel Cardona, and Office of Higher Education Executive Director Tim Larson today invited Connecticut students to “Code for Good” by participating in the 2021 Lt. Governor’s Computing Challenge.
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With women vastly underrepresented in STEM and male-dominated industries such as construction, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Million Women Mentors Connecticut Chapter state Chairwoman Carolyn Alessi, Paradigm for Parity coalition Founder and Co-chair Jewelle Bickford, state Department of Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno, and Girls for Technology Founder, President and CEO Sabrina Tucker-Barrett today underscored the critical need for introducing young girls to female mentors at a young age to further advance women in these fields and close the gender gap.
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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, the Women’s Business Development Council, and the state Department of Economic and Community Development today announced a new COVID-19 relief program designed to provide much-needed cash grants to women entrepreneurs disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, chairwoman of the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls, and members of the council’s Economic Opportunity and Workforce Equity Subcommittee today announced the launch of the Financial Literacy Portal— an initiative that will ensure helpful resources from state agencies are centralized and non-profits that support financial literacy are highlighted.
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Lt. Governor Bysiewicz Statement on Resignation of State Comptroller Kevin Lembo
“Kevin Lembo was one of our state’s fiercest and most tireless advocates, and I am incredibly saddened to hear of his resignation,” said Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz. “There was no challenge Kevin wasn’t willing to take on.