Ned Lamont

Gov. Ned Lamont made it into a Democratic National Convention joke on the “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” The convention is underway in Chicago. “We’ll there have been a lot of rumors that a big, global superstar is going to show up and perform at the Democratic Convention. They’re making it kind of obvious who it’s going to...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy to become the 2024 Democratic nominee for president. The endorsement came in an exclusive interview with NBC New York. “I support Kamala Harris,” Lamont said. “I think she’s going to be a great nominee. I think she’s going to win and I look forward to working with...

Gov. Ned Lamont is standing by President Joe Biden, but also says the questions about the president’s cognitive abilities are hurting his candidacy.   “I do worry that we’re going to spend the whole time talking about President Biden’s mental fitness and we’re not taking the fight to Trump and talking about his moral fitness,” Lamont said after an...

Gov. Ned Lamont has been a longtime supporter of President Biden, and today commented on questions surrounding his mental fitness.

Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday was officially ordered by his local inland wetlands agency to replant more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes that were chopped down in November on property behind the Democrat’s Greenwich home. While one of Lamont’s neighbors and a neighborhood organization were also involved in the felling on protected wetlands and property they do...

Gov. Ned Lamont has tested positive for COVID and he is going to be working remotely. Lamont’s office released a statement on Thursday afternoon, saying he feels “slightly under the weather” and has not been in physical proximity with any staff or state officials. “Yesterday afternoon, Governor Lamont was feeling slightly under the weather and out of an abundance...

Gov. Ned Lamont delivered his 2024 State of the State Address on Wednesday at the state capitol. Demonstrators interrupted the governor’s speech for a short period of time and the governor addressed what happened. This is the governor’s full speech as it was prepared. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator Kelly, Representative Candelora, Senator Duff, Representative Rojas, members of the General...

Gov. Ned Lamont will be delivering his state of the state address Wednesday and setting his priorities for the legislative session.

The governor is proposing the end of license application fees that some workers are required to pay to obtain some jobs in the education, childcare and healthcare fields. Gov. Ned Lamont said the intention is to encourage workers to seek jobs in fields in which there is a significant need to fill available openings. He said his plan would save…

Ronnell A. Higgins, Yale University’s associate vice president for public safety and community engagement, will lead the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection when the commissioner of the department retires next month. Commissioner James C. Rovella has served as the head of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection throughout the duration of the Lamont administration,...

Gov. Ned Lamont will be going to the Paris Air Show later this month and some state officials and business leaders will be attending with him. The governor’s office said this is part of a business recruitment mission focused on the aerospace industry, which employs more than 34,000 people and contributes $10.4 billion to the state’s gross domestic product. The…

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the budget. The two-year, $51 billion state budget includes a historic cut to the state’s personal income tax. The state House of Representatives and Senate passed the budget last week.   The reduction in the income tax has been predicted to benefit around 1 million of the state’s 1.7 million tax filers by permanently lowering…

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour.

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour.

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour. In May 2019, Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 per hour to $15 with annual increases until 2023. “This is perhaps one of the most impactful pieces of legislation for working families that a governor…

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour.