Michelle L. Cook

On Thursday, I stood with leaders from across the educational world, to speak out against pitting early childhood education and K-12 against each other regarding funding. We call upon Governor Lamont to keep the promise made to Connecticut's students last year when we passed the biennial budget.

We are off and running! Session 2024 convened on February 7, and below you'll find some photos from the day. With less than 100 days in this short session, we have a lot to accomplish in a short period of time.

Here are some resources to keep you connected to what's happening up here in Hartford.

We have just a few more days before the session starts. Things will move fast, and I'll make sure to keep you updated on what's happening here in Hartford. You'll also see me out and about in the 65th District, and please feel free to reach out to my office if I can be of help to you.

This week, I met with members of the CT Food Association, had a delicious farm-to-table dinner and conversation with the Litchfield County Farm Bureau, and attended an eye-opening forum at the Legislative Office Building. Don't forget that February 3 is "Take Your Child to the Library Day" - make sure you visit Torrington Library.

The brutal temps are top of mind right now. Please be careful and dial 2-1-1 if you need assistance.

Connecticut has launched its new jobs portal, jobs.ct.gov, which is aimed at assisting state residents — and those seeking to move here — in the process of finding a job.

Governor Lamont has announced that due to a weather forecast indicating that Connecticut will experience a period of extremely cold weather resulting in very low wind chill values over the next several days, he is directing the state’s severe cold weather protocol to go into effect Wednesday afternoon (1/17) and remaining in effect through noon on Monday (1/22).