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Governor Malloy warned that the state can sharply curtail spending on transportation or identify new resources to support the Special Transportation Fund. Continue Reading →
“The Republican budget is a cruel plan that hurts the state’s most vulnerable residents, while attacking union workers and undercutting schools and universities.” – Sean Goldrick Continue Reading →
” I’ll continue to meet my duties under CT state law and federal law, including offer serene and harmonious harbors to all mariners, to station all vessels seaward of the high water mark in Greenwich and offer safe harbors to all who require them.” – Ian MacMillan, Greenwich Harbor Master Continue Reading →
Governor Malloy had strong words on President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, vowing that Connecticut will continue to build on efforts to address climate change. Continue Reading →
The rumors were true. On Tuesday it became official. Drew Marzullo, the lone Democratic Selectman on Greenwich’s Board of Selectman filed the necessary paperwork to form an exploratory committee for a run for the office of Lieutenant Governor. This allows Marzullo to begin raising money and allows him the opportunity to test the waters. In order to receive state funding one has to raise $75,000 in increments of $100 or less. Continue Reading →
“Far from being a governor “not completely comfortable” as the leader of our state, Dannel Malloy has displayed courageous leadership, moral, political, and fiscal, during one of the most difficult periods in our history, and made Connecticut a better place to live.” – Sean Goldrick Continue Reading →
“This plainly-biased process has resulted in numerous towns along the “gold coast” getting little to no help from the state, and penalizes prudent, efficient and frugal municipal government.” – Michael Trogni, on behalf of the Greenwich PTA Council Continue Reading →
Recent Presidential Executive Orders have prompted requests for guidance on certain operations, including operations of local law enforcement and school districts. Continue Reading →
On Wednesday Governor Dannel Malloy announced that the State of Connecticut saw a dramatic increase in the amount of unused prescription medications that residents dropped off at collection boxes during 2016, with the state collecting a total of 33,803 pounds worth of various medications throughout the year. That amounts to a 43 percent increase compared to the amount that residents dropped off in 2015, when 23,651 pounds of unused drugs were collected by the state. Since taking office, Governor Malloy has enacted several policy changes to combat the opioid epidemic. These include:
the 2011 adoption of Good Samaritan laws protecting individuals from prosecution for minor drug crimes who seek medical attention for a friend experiencing an overdose (Public Act 11-210);
the 2012 adoption of third party prescriber laws allowing the prescription of naloxone to an individual who is not the direct user of the drug (Public Act 12-159);
the 2014 expansion of Good Samaritan protections for any person who, in good faith, administers naloxone to save a life. Previously, only licensed health care practitioners were allowed to administer the medication without being civilly or criminally liable for the action. Continue Reading →
“Asking the towns that govern themselves effectively and efficiently to pay more and receive less is nothing more than wealth and revenue redistribution.” – Fred Camillo Continue Reading →