Looney and Crisco Tout Funding to Preserve Rochford Field in Hamden
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven, Hamden) and Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge, Hamden) today joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey...
View ArticleDemocrats Announce 2014 Jobs and Business Agenda
Democratic legislative leaders today unveiled their jobs and business agenda for the 2014 session, focusing on employment and job training, cutting red tape, growing new markets by expanding state...
View ArticleStatement from Senate Democratic Leadership on Governor Malloy’s Plan to...
“Governor Malloy has taken a balanced approach that uses the surplus to strengthen the State’s future fiscal outlook by replenishing the Rainy Day Fund,” said Senator Williams. “Additionally, paying...
View ArticleDemocrats' 2014 Agenda Includes Seniors Quality of Life Proposals
Enhancing the quality of life for Connecticut’s seniors through a variety of programmatic, consumer protection, and privacy proposals will be a top priority for Democrats during the upcoming 2014...
View ArticleSenate President Williams and Majority Leader Looney Support Governor’s Call...
Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) and Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) issued the following statements in support of Governor Malloy’s plan to raise the minimum...
View ArticleLooney: Governor's State of the State Confirms Job Growth, Worker Training...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today expressed his support of the job creation and worker training programs highlighted in Governor Malloy’s opening day remarks to a joint...
View ArticleSenate Majority Leader Looney Testifies in Favor of Increasing Minimum Wage
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), a longtime advocate for fair wages, today testified before the Labor and Public Employees Committee in support of raising Connecticut’s minimum...
View ArticleLegislators Promote Awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Schools
In an effort to promote greater awareness of sudden cardiac arrest and the deadly effect it can have on children who otherwise seem healthy, state legislators held a press conference on Thursday to...
View ArticleSenate Majority Leader Calls For Inclusion of Labor History in Public School...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) submitted testimony to the General Assembly’s Labor Committee in favor of legislation that would include the history of the labor movement in...
View ArticleLooney and Holder-Winfield Announce Grants for 12 New Haven Area Nonprofits
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) today joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy in announcing 12 New Haven area nonprofit organizations have...
View ArticleLooney: By Treating Lifesaving Oral Medications the Same as Intravenous...
In testimony today before the General Assembly’s Insurance and Real Estate Commitment, Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D New Haven) urged legislators to pass a law that would lower costs for...
View ArticleMajority Leaders Looney and Aresimowicz Support Pension Bill
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D—New Haven/Hamden./North Haven) and House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz (D—Berlin/Southington)held a press conference in support of S.B. 249, An Act...
View ArticleRevitalization of 'Q' House Will Provide a Safe After-School Option for...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor Toni Harp and other state and local elected officials, today announced that the state will assist the City of New...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Lead Approval of Minimum Wage Increase
In a victory for nearly 90,000 low-wage workers, Connecticut is on the verge of becoming the first state to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union call...
View ArticleLooney Joins Governor Malloy to Launch data.ct.gov to Give Public...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney today joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state Comptroller Kevin Lembo, to launch data.ct.gov, Connecticut’s new open data portal that allows widespread...
View ArticleLegislative Leaders Unveil Universal Pre-Kindergarten Plan
Standing with teachers, superintendents of schools and early education experts, state legislative leaders today announced Connecticut Smart Start, an historic 10-year, $200 million plan to provide...
View ArticleConnecticut Senate Passes GMO Grass Seed Ban
On Wednesday evening the Connecticut State Senate voted 25 to 11 to ban the sale or planting of grass seed that has been genetically modified for resistance to poisonous chemicals, including...
View ArticleSenate Leaders React to House of Representatives’ Failure to Pass GMO Grass...
Senate leaders today reacted to the House of Representatives’ failure to pass Senate Bill 443, An Act Concerning Pesticides on School Grounds, Parks, Playgrounds, Athletic Fields and Municipal Greens...
View ArticleLooney, Holder-Winfield and Mayor Harp Applaud State Grant to Revitalize...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), State Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp today welcomed the news that $200,000 in state funding has been...
View ArticleSenate Majority Leader Looney Leads Passage of Statewide Problem Bar Bill
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) led unanimous bipartisan senate passage today of a bill that gives municipalities the ability to pass a local ordinance requiring anyone filing a...
View ArticleNew Haven’s Senators Lead Passage of Bill Giving School Districts the Tools...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senator Gary Holder-Winfield helped lead Senate passage (25-10) today of legislation directing the state Department of Education to develop a...
View ArticleSenate Approves Bill Aimed at Protecting Pedestrians and Cyclists
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and State Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) today led passage of a bill that will impose new fines and penalties for reckless motorist who...
View ArticleSenate Approves Comprehensive Early Childhood Package
Recognizing that children who take part in a high-quality early education experience are more likely to succeed academically, the Connecticut Senate, in a bipartisan vote (33-2), approved a...
View ArticleLooney Champions Bill Cracking Down on Wage Theft, Employer Retaliation
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and State Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) today led unanimous Senate passage of a bill that would prevent an employer from engaging in...
View ArticleSenate Votes to Promote Awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Schools
In an effort to promote greater awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and the deadly effect it can have on children who otherwise seem healthy, the State Senate voted Thursday to approve legislation...
View ArticleSenate Gives Final Approval to Connecticut Smart Start
Senate President Donald E. Williams led overwhelming passage (32-2) Saturday evening to create Connecticut Smart Start, a competitive grant program that will exponentially increase access to pre-K for...
View ArticleStatement from Senate President Williams and Majority Leader Looney Following...
“We have delivered a budget that is balanced, keeps in check budget growth, delivers a surplus and does not raise taxes,” said Sen. Williams. “This budget, which includes the Connecticut Smart Start...
View ArticleLooney Leads Unanimous Vote to Ban Toxic Fracking Waste in CT for at Least...
On Monday state Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D- New Haven) led a unanimous bipartisan vote of to approve a minimum three-year ban on the storage or use of toxic hydraulic fracturing waste...
View Article2014 Legislative Session: Senate Democrats Act to Grow Jobs, Expand Pre-K,...
“Connecticut Smart Start, the creation of the Office of Early Childhood and Governor Malloy’s plan to create 1,020 new pre-Kindergarten slots represent a giant step forward on the path to universal...
View ArticleLooney and Holder-Winfield Join Elm City Cycling for Bike to Work Day
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and state Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) today joined with members of Elm City Cycling at the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop to celebrate “Bike...
View ArticleGovernor Malloy Signs Connecticut Smart Start Into Law
Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood, Myra Jones-Taylor, State Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, state legislators and local officials,...
View ArticleNew Haven Delegation Announces Support to Prepare New Haven for the Next...
The New Haven Legislative Delegation and Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by state Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, today announced nearly $32 million in grants for...
View ArticleLooney and Holder-Winfield Announce State Bonding for Renovations to Youth...
State Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and state Senator Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven) today announced that state funding for renovations to New Haven’s Youth Continuum is...
View ArticleStatement from Senate President Donald E. Williams and Senate Majority Leader...
Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) and Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today issued the following statement regarding Senator Andrew Maynard’s (D-Stonington)...
View ArticleLooney: Fair Haven Community Health Clinic Awarded State Grant
State Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D- New Haven) hailed the State Bond Commission’s approval of $917,141 in funding for the Fair Haven Community Health Center for the construction and...
View ArticleGovernor Malloy, Senator Looney Join State And Local Officials to Hail New...
Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Quality Hyundai Owner Joe Blichfeldt, today joined state and local officials to celebrate Connecticut’s latest...
View ArticleSenate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney Receives Champion of Small Business...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) was honored this week with a Champion of Small Business award from the National Coalition for Capital. Senator Looney and 34 fellow legislators and...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Elect New Leadership
Senate Democrats today selected Sen. Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) to serve as the next Senate President and Sen. Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) as the next Senate Majority Leader.
View ArticleLooney Presented Coalition Crusader Award for Work on Domestic Violence Issues
The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) today awarded Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) its Coalition Crusader Award. During the 2014 session of...
View ArticleLooney, Crisco and D’Agostino Secure Funding for Expanded Programing at...
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Representative Michael D’Agostino (D-Hamden) announced that later this morning the State Bond...
View ArticleState Officials and Advocates Warn Consumers to Plan for Significant...
Gathering in response to impending electric bill increases for Connecticut residents, Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz, AARP Advocacy Director John...
View ArticleLooney Announces Committee Assignments for 2015-2016 Legislative Term
State Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today announced the Senate Democrats’ legislative committee assignments for the upcoming 2015-2016 legislative session which begins January 7.
View ArticleLooney Names Senior Staff
Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today announced his senior staff appointments.
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