Governor Signs Education Mandate Relief Bill Into Law

State Representative Gail Lavielle (R-143), The Ranking Member of the General Assembly’s Education Committee, applauded today’s news that Governor Dannel Malloy had signed her education mandate relief bill into law.   Rep. Lavielle authored the bill, HB 7276, with input from multiple superintendents, Board of Education members, and education advocates in order to provide local school districts relief from cumbersome unfunded mandates imposed by the state.  Advocating for the bill throughout this year’s session, she assembled a bipartisan list of 62 cosponsors, and it eventually passed 126-23 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.  The governor signed the bill into law on Tuesday, July 11th.   Among the provisions of HB 7276 are eliminating the requirement for school districts to adopt a…

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11:30am--#Westport, CT On Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at approximately 11:30 am officers responded to the intersection of Post Road East and Westfair Drive on a report of a serious motor vehicle accident with injuries. Investigation of this incident will necessitate an extended closure of the roadway. At the time of this writing, Post Road East is completely closed to traffic between the intersections of Maple Avenue and Bulkley Avenue. Traffic delays on Post Road East and the surrounding areas should be expected as a result of this closure. This traffic pattern is subject to change as the investigation continues, however, motorists should use Long Lots Road and/or Greens Farms Road as alternate routes around the accident scene.   This news…

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Shout Out To Joshua!

#Bridgeport CT-- I've been running into my friend Joshua a lot lately covering news stories in Black Rock.  I use to catch him on his online weather reports.  You like Joshua can email me breaking news stories at DoingItLocal.com@gmail.com.  Please make sure you include the Who, What, When, and Where. Thanks for all your help Joshua!

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