Each legislative session, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) selects various pieces of legislation based on its potential impact (both positive and negative) on job growth and the state’s economic outlook and then scores lawmakers based on either their support of the business community or opposition to it.

I am pleased that for the second straight year I have received a 100% score from CBIA.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is announcing the start of wrong way detection installations at 42 high-risk off-ramps in the greater Hartford area.

This may include radar, video, and/or thermal cameras that will be deployed along off-ramps as the primary detection for wrong-way vehicles. The detection will then activate flashing red circular lights located on the wrong-way signs alerting drivers that they are traveling in the wrong direction and need to take corrective action.…

The State Bonding Commission is scheduled take action on a $325,000 grant-in-aid to the Town of Glastonbury for renovations and improvements to Addison Park at their next meeting on Friday, June 7^th.

For a look at these and other bonding agenda items, click here.

As a former police officer, I know the brotherhood that comes with putting on the uniform and the dedication each of our law enforcement officers have to protecting and serving our residents.

This session I was proud to stand in support of Public Act 24-27, a House Republican initiative recently signed into law, that establishes a Fallen Officers Fund. Under the worst circumstances imaginable, this fund will aid the families of a law enforcement officer tragically killed in the line of duty by providing…

HARTFORD – State Representative Steve Weir (R-Hebron), House Ranking Member of the Labor and Public Employees Committee, release the following statement in expectation of a vote on the House floor on Thursday.

“With the institution of more policies that overregulate the actions of our small businesses, Democrats on the Labor Committee continue to show how disconnected they are from our small business community,” Rep. Weir said. “It’s these highly regulatory types of mandates forced onto our small…

As a member of the Host Committee for Women-Owned Business Day, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with so many small business owners. This included Tammy Ferris, Co-Founder & CEO at Founder$hare Inc. in Glastonbury. As part of her business, Tammy assists other women-owned small businesses with the use AI to help increase profits.

Women-Owned Business Day, sponsored by the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC), brings together legislators, business owners, supporters, and entrepreneurs…