Senate Poised to Pass Safe Sleep Bill
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D- Norwalk) were joined today by doctors, legislators and the state’s Child Advocate to announce that, today, the...
View ArticleLooney: History of the Labor Movement an Important Lesson for Public School...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) led Senate passage today of legislation that would include the history of the labor movement in public school curriculums.
View ArticleStanding Up for Seniors: Senate Poised to Pass CARE Act
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) joined with the leaders of the General Assembly’s Aging Committee and AARP to announce that today the...
View ArticleLooney: Non-disparagement Clauses an Unacceptable Affront to Freedom of...
Senate President Martin M Looney (D-New Haven) today led Senate passage of Senate Bill 435, An Act Prohibiting Non-disparagement Clauses in Public Employee Separation Agreements.
View ArticleSenate Democrats Lead Passage of Landmark Cybersecurity Protections
Following through on their promise to improve consumer privacy protections following a major data breach at one of Connecticut’s largest insurers, Senate Democrats led passage Thursday of major...
View ArticleLabor Movement History Bill Wins Passage in House of Representatives
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today hailed the Connecticut House of Representative’s passage of legislation that makes available the history of the labor movement in public school...
View ArticleLooney Leads Senate Approval of Bill to Expand Access to Financial Aid
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today led passage of a bill that will expand higher education access by permitting students participating in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood...
View ArticleSenate Passes Ban on Variable-Rate Electricity Contracts
Connecticut moved one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban potentially deceptive and unpredictable variable-rate electricity contracts when senators added Senate Bill 573 to the...
View ArticleLooney Wins Senate Passage Landmark Bipartisan Hospital and Health Care Reforms
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) along with Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) today led passage of a comprehensive package of hospital and health care reforms. The...
View ArticleSenate to Ban Physical Restraint and Seclusion as a Disciplinary Tool in...
A bipartisan group of legislators intend to lead Senate passage today of a bill that significantly restricts the use of restraints and seclusion rooms to emergency situations in Connecticut schools.
View ArticleProposal to Create SMARD Awareness Day Passes Both the House and Senate
A proposal to recognize and bring awareness to spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress or SMARD passed both the House and Senate on Wednesday.
View ArticleLegislative Leaders Make Major Announcement Regarding the Future of 11th...
Legislative leaders gathered in the State Capitol this afternoon to announce a bipartisan plan to unburden high school juniors from controversial standardized testing. The proposal would end the...
View ArticleJoint Statement on Budget Agreement
Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senate President Martin Looney, House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff announced that they have reached an...
View ArticleState Senate Sends Landmark Bipartisan Hospital and Health Care Reforms to...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) along with Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) today led final passage of a comprehensive package of hospital and health care reforms. The...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Champion Excessive Use Of Force and Police Body Camera Bill
Senate Democrats led unanimous passage Tuesday of a comprehensive package of reforms to state statutes regarding the excessive use of force by law enforcement and the recording of police activity by...
View ArticleStatement from Senate Democratic Leaders on the Passage of FY16-FY17 Budget
The Democratic leaders of the Connecticut State Senate issued the following statement following Senate passage of the proposed FY16-FY17 biennial state budget:
View Article2015 Legislative Session: Senate Democrats Act Boldly to Build a Stronger...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today said that the 2015 legislative session saw landmark legislation passed to provide property tax...
View ArticleConnecticut Mayors Gather to Praise State Budget Aid
Eleven mayors from Connecticut cities and towns representing nearly one million state residents gathered in Hartford today to praise the state budget passed last week by Democrats in the General...
View ArticleMayor Harp, Legislative Leaders, Delegation Members Recap 2015 Session
Mayor Toni N. Harp hosted Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, and members of the city’s legislative delegation today at City Hall to recap and tout a...
View ArticleSenate President Looney Responds to Comments Made by CCM's Joe DeLong
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today expressed his displeasure with remarks made yesterday by Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) Executive Director Joe DeLong at the...
View ArticleSenate President Looney and Speaker Sharkey Appoint Leaders of Family...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) today announced their selections to the Task Force to Study the State-Wide Response to Family Violence.
View ArticleLooney, Fasano, Yaccarino Help Break Ground on Middle School Construction
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), Senator Len Fasano (R-North Haven) and Representative Dave Yaccarino (R- North Haven) celebrated today’s groundbreaking at the North Haven Middle School...
View ArticleLooney Secures Funds to Rebuild Fort Nathan Hale Fishing Pier
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) announced today that the State Bond Commission is poised to approve $1.8 million in funding when it meets tomorrow to repair the Fort Nathan Hale Fishing...
View ArticleLooney and Crisco: Hamden Businesses and Middle-Class Families to See...
The General Assembly’s leaders, Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and House Speaker Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden), joined Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) and Senator Joseph J....
View ArticleStatements from Senate President Looney and Senate Majority Leader Duff on...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today released the following statements on the passing of former state Senator Eileen Daily:
View ArticleLooney Calls for English Station Cleanup as Condition of Proposed United...
Standing in the shadow of the long-shuttered English Station power plant, Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), State Representative Robert Megna (D-New Haven) and members of the New Haven...
View ArticleSenate President Looney’s Statement on State Supreme Court Decision Regarding...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) released the following statement in response to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s decision today regarding capital punishment law:“After many hours of...
View ArticleTax Savings: Osten, Senate Democratic Leaders Join Levine Distributing Co. to...
One of the largest business payers of motor vehicle taxes in town will see its tax bill drop by more than $8,000 next year, thanks to a Democrat-led change in Connecticut’s onerous and inconsistent...
View ArticleStatements from Senate Leaders on Release of July Jobs Report
“Today’s jobs report reinforces what we already knew to be true; Connecticut’s economy continues to make steady progress,” said Senator Looney. “Connecticut’s economic development policies are helping...
View ArticleSenate President Looney’s Statement on Mark Ojakian’s Appointment as Interim...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today released the following statement in response to Mark Ojakian’s appointment as Interim President of the Connecticut State College and University...
View ArticleLooney, Fasano, Winfield Honor Local Call Center Hero
New Haven lawmakers today recognized a local Frontier Communications call center employee for his heroic actions while on the job. Senate President Martin M. Looney, Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano,...
View ArticleStatements From Senate Leaders on Release of August Jobs Report
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today released the following statements in response to the Connecticut Department of Labor’s “Labor...
View ArticleStatement from Senator Looney on General Fund Rescissions
“I understand Governor Malloy’s concerns about the U.S. stock market performance over the past several months and its impact on Connecticut’s projected revenue collections. The intent of our budget was...
View ArticleStatement From Senate President Looney on the Impact of Proposed Budget...
I am deeply disappointed in the cuts made to hospitals and Medicaid reimbursements. I hope the governor will reconsider. These cuts will have a multiplier effect—jeopardizing federal...
View ArticleWith Hurricane Joaquin Potentially Threatening the East Coast, Senate...
With the track of Hurricane Joaquin uncertain but threatening the East Coast, Senate Democrats joined with first responders in the New Haven Emergency Operations Center today to warn consumers of the...
View ArticleSenate Leaders: Republican Calls for Special Session Ring Hollow
Senate Democratic Leaders today blasted Republican rhetoric on the budget.“The Republicans’ continual chorus of ‘we have not been in the room to negotiate’ rings hollow in the wake of their...
View ArticleLooney: Restorations Cannot End Here
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today released the following statement regarding hospital funding: We appreciate that the Governor has listened to Democrats in the General Assembly and...
View ArticleLooney: Republicans Want to Have a Special Session Without Actually Proposing...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) released the following statement regarding today’s Republican media event:“I wish it were shocking that Republicans want to have a special session...
View ArticleStatement from Senate President Martin M. Looney Regarding Bipartisan Budget...
Democrats in the General Assembly were preparing to offer a $100 million plan of broad cuts that would have restored funding for our community hospitals and programs in the Department of Disability...
View ArticleLooney and Winfield: New Haven’s Common Ground Wins State Urban Green and...
State Senators Gary Winfield (D-New Haven) and Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) have announced that the New Haven Ecology Project—the nonprofit home of Common Ground High School, Urban...
View ArticleJoint Statement from Senate President Looney and Speaker of the House Sharkey...
Unsubstantiated accusations regarding leaks are not helpful to the negotiation process. We had a productive meeting yesterday. Next week, we will present our plan at the bargaining table and in the...
View ArticleDemocratic Leaders Present Plan to Eliminate Deficit
As part of ongoing bipartisan budget talks, Democratic leaders of the General Assembly today released their proposal to eliminate Connecticut’s projected deficit.
View ArticleSenate Democrats Release New Plan to Tackle Budget Deficit
The Senate Democratic Caucus today released its plan to preserve valuable programs and provide structural change to Connecticut’s state budget. Senate Democratic leaders released the details of their...
View ArticleStatement from Senate President Looney Regarding Ongoing Budget Negotiations
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today released the following statement concerning ongoing budget negotiations:“I’ve been friends with Speaker Sharkey and Rep. Aresimowicz for a long...
View ArticleStatements from Senate President Looney and Majority Leader Duff on the...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today released the following statements on the passing of Rep. Terry Backer (D-Stratford):“Terry will...
View ArticleBristol and Meriden Courthouses Saved as Part of Modified State Budget
Hailing it as a victory for Bristol’s and Meriden’s small businesses, local economies and the convenience of area residents, Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader...
View ArticleLooney Elected Vice Chair of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation
Recently, Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) was elected Vice Chair of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent national organization...
View ArticleLooney Applauds Upcoming Minimum Wage Increase
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) applauded the upcoming increase in Connecticut’s hourly minimum wage to $9.60 from the current $9.15. Due to take effect on January 1, 2016, the increase...
View ArticleLooney Lauds New State Law Regarding Use Of Police Body Cameras
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today lauded a new state law taking effect January 1, 2016 that sets uniform standards for the use of body cameras on police officers and, six months...
View ArticleLooney: Jan. 1 Brings More Clarity—And A Reduction Appeal—to Troubling...
Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) said today that he welcomes a new January 1, 2016 state law that will bring welcome change to the troubling issue of rampant hospital “facility fees”...
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