The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 2024 Legislative Session

Posted on March 27, 2024

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 2024 Legislative Session

Each session, there are hundreds of bills introduced in Hartford, and some of them just make you shake your head. Most are proposed by the Democrat majority in the House and Senate.

This year, there are proposals to mandate that you drive an electric vehicle; to decriminalize the possession of hallucinogenic “magic” mushrooms; to give illegal immigrants taxpayer-funded health insurance; to prevent landlords from evicting people after…

Honoring Wallingford’s Inventors

Posted on March 25, 2024

Today, Senator Paul Cicarella and I met with Wallingford inventors Olivia Soto and Bo Ballough, who participated in a town-wide invention convention and advanced to the state finals in March of 2023.

Olivia, a 5th-grade student at Pond Hill Elementary School invented the “Remarkerble 4.0,” a refillable marker. Her product helps the environment while saving the buyer money. Designed with an end cap loop so it can be removed, and a new ink tube can be inserted. The ink tubes would be sold individually.

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“Roadmap” for electric vehicle mandate

Posted on March 11, 2024

I’m sending a quick note about a subject that’s gained a lot of attention over the last few months—a ban on gas-powered vehicles.

It was pushback from residents and businesses in all corners of the state that caused the Governor and majority Democrats to pause their immediate push for an electric vehicle mandate, but new legislation makes clear that their intention is to revisit their unpopular plan to adopt California’s radical emissions standards.

On Wednesday, the legislature’s Transportation…

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