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November 6, 2009
REP. FLEXER APPOINTED CHAIR OF LEGISLATIVE
TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
State Representative Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) has been appointed by Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) to serve as chairwoman of a legislative task force that will help formulate Connecticut’s response to challenges faced by victims of domestic violence that have been exacerbated by the recession.
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October 1, 2009
REP. FLEXER APPOINTED TO TASK FORCE ON CHILDREN IN THE RECESSION
State Representative Mae Flexer (D- Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) has been appointed to serve as a member of the newly-formed Task Force on Children in the Recession that will help plan Connecticut’s response to the increasingly desperate plight of children impacted by the economic recession. READ MORE
June 19, 2009
GOVERNOR’S BUDGET CUTS HIT LOCAL STUDENTS State Rep. Mae Flexer (D- Killingly), House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield/Storrs), library administrators and students blasted Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget as anti-education and anti-library at a press conference this week at Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC) in Danielson. The Governor’s budget proposal includes cuts to financial aid, cuts to library services and delays the $83 million expansion project at H. H. Ellis Technical High School. READ MORE
June 18, 2009
FLEXER AUTHORS BILL FOR SPEEDIER PERMITS PROCESSING
State Rep. Mae Flexer (D-Killingly) continues to put in tireless hours as a young state legislator, with a recent House of Representative approval late last month of a bill she authored. The proposed legislation will require state agencies to adhere to a more efficient timeline for processing municipal permit applications. READ MORE
June 18, 2009
RESOURCE CENTER FUNDING THREATENED
Sixty-two of the state’s family resource centers — including in Putnam and Killingly — could lose $6 million of funding through Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget cuts. READ MORE
June 17, 2009
$83 MILLION ELLIS TECH PROJECT MAY HAVE TO WAIT
Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed state budget cuts will mean more delays for the planned $83 million Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School renovation and expansion project, local Democratic leaders said Wednesday. READ MORE
June 16, 2009
STATE REP. FLEXER HOSTS PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE STRIDE PROGRAM
State Representative Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) hosted a press conference today to call on the governor to reconsider her proposal to cut essential funding to the STRIDE Program, a job training program for inmates and ex offenders based in Danielson. She was joined by House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Storrs/Mansfield), Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn), Senator Edith Prague (D-Columbia), Rep. Toni Walker (D-New Haven) and Rep. Richard Roy (D-Milford). READ MORE
June 15, 2009
STATE REP. FLEXER, MAJORITY LEADER MERRILL
AND SENATE PRESIDENT WILLIAMS BLAST GOVERNOR’S
PROPOSED CUTS TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
State Representative Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) hosted a press conference featuring House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Storrs/Mansfield), Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn), and representatives from several northeastern Connecticut family resource centers to denounce proposed cuts to the centers. Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget cuts $6 million in funding for centers across Connecticut. Three centers, in Killingly, Plainfield and Putnam, would be affected by the budget cuts. READ MORE
June 3, 2009
FLEXER BACKS RELIEF FOR DAIRY FARMS
State Representative Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) is applauding the final passage of legislation designed to save Connecticut’s struggling dairy industry by providing assistance to dairy farmers in the state. READ MORE
Rep. Mae Flexer and House Majority Leader Denise Merrill at the State Capitol
with representatives from the state's dairy farms.
May 29, 2009
FLEXER WINS HOUSE APPROVAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION
The House of Representatives on Thursday evening unanimously voted in favor of legislation authored by State Representative Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) that will require a more efficient timeline for the processing of municipal permit applications by various state agencies. READ MORE |
Sterling Town Hall
Room 15
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Killingly Town Hall
Reception Area, First Floor
Saturday, December 5, 2009
10 a.m. - noon
Plainfield Town Hall
Multi-purpose Room (Basement)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
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