Posted on March 14, 2023
HARTFORD- Last Friday, State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) along with chairs of the CT Animal Advocacy Caucus, and advocates from the CT Coalition to Protect Bears strongly opposed legislation that would open the door to a proposed bear hunting season.
“We do not have a population problem when it comes to black bears,” said State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky. “We’re talking about a very small number of 1,000 to 1,200 and all the bears are doing is responding to their need to have nourishment.”
According to…
Posted on February 22, 2023
HARTFORD—State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and his House Republican colleagues were compelled to use a parliamentary procedure to circumvent Democrat opposition to a bill that would save inflation-weary businesses and residents money by eliminating the new highway use tax (HUT) on heavyweight trucks.
Republicans petitioned to raise H.B. 5290, An Act Eliminating the Highway Use Tax, after the Finance Committee’s Democratic leadership refused to even hear it. Republicans on Tuesday secured the required…
