Patricia Dillon

State Rep. Pat Dillon debated whether Sharee Miller’s Don't Touch My Hair! was appropriate for 11-year-old readers.

Our communities have faced devastating hardship, but brighter and stronger days lie ahead if all
are vaccinated and protected from the new variants.

With Tuesday's announcement from Governor Lamont regarding students having to wear face masks in school through September, many parents have questions on how to keep their kids safe.

Access Health CT (AHCT) has extended the deadline for its Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to October 31st, making it easier and more convenient than ever for Connecticut residents to obtain a good, quality, affordable health insurance plan.

West Nile virus alert! The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has detected the virus in mosquitoes in New Haven and four other Connecticut towns, signaling “a major expansion of West Nile virus activity in the state,” said Dr. Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist.

With more than 600,000 lives lost across America (including over 8,000 here in Connecticut) since the start of the pandemic, we've known for some time how terrible a disease COVID-19 has become.

As of last Friday, July 16: The next distribution of ‘Pandemic EBT’ food benefits went to 57,800 schoolchildren; EBT cards were mailed out.

Busy Wednesday! Because in May the General Assembly modified the law so that future executive orders require legislative approval, yesterday we met in Hartford to do that.