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Senator Murphy Calls For End To Raids

Jun 9, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined their colleagues Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and 22 Senate Democrats in calling for an end to deportation raids targeting families and unaccompanied minors who have fled the rampant violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle. In a letter to President Obama, the senators also urged the Administration to designate Guatemala and re-designate El Salvador and Honduras for temporary protected status, allowing individuals from those countries to legally remain in the United States. “The solution to this regional humanitarian crisis is to address its root causes. Deploying immigration raids upon this vulnerable population for the purpose of deterrence is an ineffective and unacceptable strategy,” the…

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Himes Introduces Bill, Amendment To Clarify Military Rules On Cyber Attacks

May 19, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) introduced the bipartisan Cyber Act of War Act, a bill that would require the Administration and the Department of Defense to develop a policy for determining when an action carried out in cyberspace constitutes a use of force against the United States and to update the Law of War Manual accordingly. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) has introduced a companion bill in the Senate.   Himes also proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require the Secretary of Defense to create a report to Congress within 180 days comprehensively outlining military procedures in response to a malicious cyber activity carried out against the United States.   “From my seat on…

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Employers Cannot Ask Of Criminal Prosections

May 5, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

HARTFORD, CT – Yesterday,  80 year old Senator Ed Gomes (D-Bridgeport) brought a bill to the floor of the Senate that aims to create fair chance employment. House Bill 5237, An Act Concerning Fair Chance Employment, is a set of hiring policies for private employers, designed to ensure that applicants with criminal records are evaluated on the merits of their qualifications, not on their criminal records. The bill received approval in the Senate and now moves to the desk of Governor Dannel P. Malloy to await his signature. “We have too many hard-working people trying to find jobs that are being disqualified,” said Sen. Gomes. “We need to give everyone that is looking for a job a fair shot. I…

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Senate Passes ATV Law

May 3, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

Today, the state Senate passed An Act Concerning the Penalty for Violations of a Municipal Ordinance Concerning the Operation of a Dirt Bike, All-Terrain Vehicle or Mini-Motorcycle (SB 463<https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00463&which_year=2016 Under the bill, municipalities may regulate the operation and use of mini-motorcycles on public property and impose penalties on them up to the same limits applicable to dirt bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV), and snowmobile ordinance violations. In addition, municipal officers and employees may issue citations without first providing a written warning to individuals who violate a mini-motorcycle ordinance. By law, the same is true for citations concerning a dirt bike or ATV ordinance. The bill also authorizes municipalities with a population of 30,000 or more to enforce ordinances concerning mini-motorcycle, dirt…

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Malloy Receives Award For Welcoming Syrian Refugees

May 2, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy was named the 2016 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ for courageously defending the U.S. resettlement of Syrian refugees amid security concerns following the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and personally welcoming a family of Syrian refugees to New Haven after they had been turned away by another state. The award for political courage was presented by Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston today. Governor Malloy released a statement: “I’m deeply honored and moved. I believe that when you see wrong happening, you must stand up to do what’s right — that’s what guides us each and every…

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Will This Chase More Jobs From Connecticut?

Apr 28, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#HARTFORD, CT – On Thursday, April 28th, advocates for fair wages in Connecticut presented an invoice for $486 million to a local Walmart on Flatbush Avenue. The invoice represented the annual cost of low-wage jobs to Connecticut taxpayers, who foot the bill when large corporations like Walmart pay wages so low that their employees must rely on public assistance to support their families. The advocates called for these companies either to pay fair wages to their workers or to contribute to the state's costs for public assistance to working families.   Paul Filson, Director of SEIU State Council, stated, “Every year, Connecticut taxpayers are stuck paying for the poverty-level wages of big corporations. It's time that the state recognized that…

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CT Congressional delegation thanks state leaders for LGBT stance

Apr 21, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

Cites moral, economic reasons   $WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-4), joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), sent a letter to Governor Dan Malloy, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff and Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey thanking them for their actions in support of the LGBT community in Connecticut.   After North Carolina and Mississippi recently passed laws allowing for legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, the sharp divide between states that are welcoming and inclusive toward LGBT individuals and those that are codifying discrimination has never been clearer.   “By enacting laws that openly discriminate against…

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Work At Home? There’s A Tax For That!

Apr 15, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04) and Scott Garrett (NJ-05), Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, introduced the Multistate Worker Tax Fairness Act. This bill will prevent the over-taxation of individuals who telework in one state for companies located in another.  Connecticut Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are introducing companion legislation in the Senate. The number of Americans telecommuting and working from home at least part-time has increased with technological advancements. Unfortunately, a patchwork of conflicting state tax rules burdens workers and discourages telecommuting. “If you wake up every morning in Connecticut, and walk downstairs to your home office in Connecticut, it only makes sense that you should…

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School Funding Slashed For Many Schools In Area, Bridgeport Is Sparred

Apr 13, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Hartford Connecticut-- Looking to cut a $922 million state deficit Governor Malloy has revised the budget. Here are the cuts to Education Cost Sharing grants: Bridgeport- No cuts of the designated $182,266,724         Fairfield:  Receives $0, a cut of $3,590,008      Monroe: $6,262,588, a cut of $354,081 Shelton: $4,966,672, a cut of $1,233,138           Stratford: $20,845,788, a cut of $975,098             Trumbull: $3,093,693, a cut of $610,019 Westport: $0, a cut of $1,988,255          Wilton: $0, a cut of $1,557,195   There were no cuts to the Governor's Office or the Lieutenant Governor's budget. To see the full budget with cuts see: http://portal.ct.gov/uploadedFiles/Departments_and_Agencies/Office_of_the_Governor/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2016/04-2016/2016.04.12%20Governor%20Malloy's%20Revised%20Budget.pdf School cuts begin on…

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GOV. MALLOY RELEASES UPDATED BUDGET PROPOSAL

Apr 12, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a revised, balanced budget proposal that addresses the entirety of the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis’s deficit projection by closing a projected $922 million deficit for FY2017.  Falling under the statutory spending cap, this is the only budget presented thus far that tackles the full scope of the challenge.  It includes no tax increases.   The proposal identifies and maintains funding for core services and:   Asks non-union employees, appointees, and elected officials in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to pay 20 percent for their health care benefits, creating a savings of as much as $5 million per fiscal year moving into the future Maintains funding for Community Residential Services…

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