Archive for February, 2009

Resident Trooper Funding, Town Aid Road Money Concerns for Local Leaders at Budget Forum

by: bsundie February 27, 2009

Rep. Larry Cafero on Friday met with local leaders from the district he represents during a forum at the Capitol designed to give legislators a better idea of the budgetary problems municipal officials are dealing with in this sour economic climate. It was the second budget forum hosted by House Republicans, and Cafero noted that [...]

House Republicans Join in Bipartisan Deficit Mitigation Plan

by: bsundie February 26, 2009

HARTFORD- In continued demonstration of bipartisan collaboration this session by the House Republicans, legislative Republicans and Democrats came together to support a deficit mitigation package that closes $1.2 billion of the budget deficit for the current fiscal year ending this June. The compromise package between both parties included no cuts in state aid to cities [...]

Cafero, Boucher & Daily Lead Efforts to Protect Teenagers

by: bsundie February 23, 2009

HARTFORD, CT) – Senator Toni Boucher (R-Wilton), Senator Eileen Daily (D-Westbrook), and Representative Larry Cafero (R-Norwalk) will seek support for H.B. 6494, a bill that calls for school districts across the state to integrate teen dating violence education into health curriculums, at a Joint Education Committee Public Hearing today in Hartford. Thanks to the efforts [...]