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• 10/24/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Kiana Foster-Mauro Is Connecticut's 2024 Teacher of the Year

  Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that Kiana Foster-Mauro, a fourth-grade teacher at Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in New London, has been selected as Connecticut’s 2024 Teacher of the Year.

• 10/20/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Advancement of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Greater Hartford Mobility Study

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is advancing its Greater Hartford Mobility Study, which is aimed at reimagining and reconnecting neighborhoods between Hartford and East Hartford.

• 10/19/2023 Governor Lamont and Connecticut Public Health Officials Encourage Breast Cancer Screenings, Highlight Program Providing Access To Free Mammograms

  Governor Ned Lamont, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Connecticut Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, are encouraging women across Connecticut to schedule an appointment for a breast cancer screening, noting that early detection of breast cancer is when it is most treatable.

• 10/19/2023 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Release of $11.5 Million to 46 School Districts To Boost High-Dosage Tutoring

  Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is releasing $11.5 million to 46 school districts across Connecticut to build and expand high-dosage tutoring through the Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring Program.

• 10/17/2023 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce the LEAP Effect: A Systemic Approach To Boosting Student Attendance and Engagement

  Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced the release of a comprehensive report detailing the successful outcomes and insights in boosting student attendance and engagement that have been gained from the recent implementation of the state’s Learner Engagement and Attendance Program (LEAP).

• 10/17/2023 Governor Lamont Unveils New Connecticut Branding and Marketing Campaign

  Governor Ned Lamont today unveiled new branding and announced the launch of a new marketing campaign for the State of Connecticut, including a new logo and website with the theme, “Make It Here.”

• 10/16/2023 Governor Lamont Statement on Release of Connecticut's Annual Crime Statistics Report for 2022

  Governor Ned Lamont issued the following statement in response to the release today of Connecticut’s annual crime statistics report for 2022.

• 10/13/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Dawn Dickau Is Connecticut’s 2024 Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year

  Governor Ned Lamont, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today made a surprise visit to Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School in Southington to announce that one of the school’s educators – Dawn Dickau – has been named Connecticut’s 2024 Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year.

• 10/12/2023 Governor Lamont Nominates Judge Dawne Westbrook to the Appellate Court

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating the Honorable Dawne G. Westbrook to serve as a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

• 10/10/2023 Governor Lamont Proclaims October as Disability Employment Awareness Month

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has proclaimed October 2023 as Disability Employment Awareness Month in Connecticut in recognition of all Connecticut residents with disabilities in the workplace and in honor of their many accomplishments.

• 10/10/2023 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff to Honor the Lives Lost in Israel

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and State of Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff in recognition and in mourning of the lives lost from the recent terrorist attacks in Israel, which have killed hundreds of people, most of them civilians.

• 10/7/2023 Governor Lamont Statement on Violent Attacks in Israel

  Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding today’s violent attacks in Israel.

• 10/6/2023 Governor Lamont Announces $1.1 Billion in State Bond Funding Approved for Improvements to Connecticut’s Transportation System

  Governor Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut State Bond Commission today voted to approve more than $1.1 billion in state funding that will be used to perform various and widespread improvements to Connecticut’s transportation system.

• 10/5/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Launch of health.ct.gov

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of the State of Connecticut’s new health and human services portal, health.ct.gov.

• 10/5/2023 Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Thursday Evening

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Thursday, October 5, 2023.