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

Posted on March 20, 2024 by jshugarts


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

Mandating that you drive an electric vehicle? Decriminalizing the possession of hallucinogenic “magic” mushrooms? Giving illegal immigrants taxpayer-funded health insurance? Stopping landlords from evicting people after their lease expires? Erasing women and mothers from state statutes?

These are

Rep. Zupkus Serves as a Guest Reader for Read Across America Week

Posted on March 12, 2024 by jshugarts


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Rep. Lezlye Zupkus, R-Prospect, recently visited several area schools as a guest reader for Read Across America week where she helped promote literacy and the joy of reading among students.

Rep. Zupkus visit Mrs. Hart’s 5th-grade class in Prospect Elementary School and Mrs. Morrisroe, Mrs. Parmelee, and Mrs. Orwick’s kindergarten classes in the Doolittle School in Cheshire. In Waterbury, she visited Maloney Elementary School where she spent time with Mrs. Siobhan Kalnins’ kindergarten class and

Rep. Zupkus Offers Written Testimony in Support of Providing Break on DMV Fees for Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces

Posted on February 27, 2024 by jshugarts


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HARTFORD – State Representative Lezlye Zupkus (R-89th) submitted testimony Tuesday in support of legislation she requested that would reduce by half the fees paid by veterans or armed forces members for the production costs of certain veterans license plates, “Support Our Troops!” license plates, and certain administratively created veterans and military organization license plates.

House Bill 5287 was raised for a public hearing on Tuesday before the joint Veterans Committee in the Connecticut General

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