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HOUSE DEMOCRATS • SUSAN JOHNSON
January 29, 2010
REPS. JOHNSON & FLEXER ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAM
TO HELP FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS RECEIVE JOB TRAINING
State Representatives Susan Johnson (D-Windham) and Mae Flexer (D-Killingly, Plainfield, Sterling) joined community leaders at an event on Friday to kick off the region’s SNAP-ET collaborative, a new program that will help provide recipients of food stamps in the Northeastern Connecticut region with an opportunity to receive greater access to job training and other education tools needed to find employment and become financially secure. READ MORE
January 27, 2010
REP. JOHNSON URGES UNINSURED
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE CLINIC
Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) is urging those without health insurance to take advantage of a free one-day health clinic in Hartford on February 3, 2010. READ MORE
January 19, 2010
REP. JOHNSON NAMED TO COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR REGIONALISM, MUNICIPAL COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) has been named by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) and House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield) to a new a commission that will seek to identify opportunities for more regional collaborations designed to create efficiencies and save money for municipalities. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) will met for the first time today with the goal of recommending legislation during the 2010 session. READ MORE
January 8, 2010
REP. JOHNSON APPOINTED TO JOBS TASK FORCE
Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) has appointed State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham), a member of the legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee, to serve on a working group charged with developing a plan for how the state can create new jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. READ MORE
January 7, 2010
REP. JOHNSON DEMANDS GOV. RELEASE ROAD FUNDS FOR WINDHAM
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) today called on Governor Rell to release millions in state aid to Connecticut towns for funding local paving projects and road repairs. READ MORE
December 9, 2009
REP. JOHNSON URGES FARMERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF FEDERAL LOANS NOW AVAILABLE
USDA offering relief to farmers hurt by crop damage
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) is urging local farmers to apply for low-interest federal loans to recoup losses caused by severe weather earlier this year. READ MORE
December 1, 2009
WINDHAM TECH’S NURSING PROGRAM GETS BUDGET AX
After years of providing affordable training to more than 60 classes of nursing students, Windham Technical High School’s licensed practical nursing program will be cut. READ MORE
December 1, 2009
REP. JOHNSON ALERTS SENIORS TO CONNPACE CHANGES
Some clients could lose ConnPACE Medicare D Premium subsidy
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) urged seniors who are ConnPACE clients to review their Medicare Part D coverage to make sure they are in compliance with changes recently adopted by the state Department of Social Service (DSS).
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November 18, 2009
REP. JOHNSON JOINS COALITION
TO CLOSE STATE’S
ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Campaign LEARN stresses urgency of implementing
effective solutions to close gap
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) joined with fellow legislators yesterday to announce the creation of Campaign LEARN (the Campaign for Leadership in Education, Achievement, and Reform Now). Lawmakers, education advocates, and equal rights organizations plan to use to stress the urgency of implementing effective solutions to address the current achievement gap between children of color and their peers. READ MORE
August 28, 2009
CRRA SUSPENDS PLAN FOR ASH LANDFILL
Officials from the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority have decided to suspend indefinitely its plans for a proposed ash landfill in Franklin. READ MORE
June 18, 2009
NEXT MOVE IS RELL'S ON BILL TO BLOCK ASH DUMP
Opponents of a plan to create an ash dump in Franklin are closely watching Gov. M. Jodi Rell's office this week, hoping she will sign legislation that blocks the project.
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May 27, 2009
SEN. PRAGUE & REP. RYAN PROTECT FRANKLIN
FROM LANDFILL
State Senator Edith Prague (D-Columbia), State Representatives Kevin Ryan (D-Montville) and Susan Johnson (D-Windham) announced that a bill preventing an ash landfill from being built in Franklin has passed both chambers of the state legislature. Senate Bill 3, An Act Prohibiting the Acquisition or Use of Certain Parcels of Land as Ash Residue Disposal Areas, passed the Senate by 27 to 4 and the House voted 95 to 51 to pass it. It now awaits the Governor’s signature. READ MORE
May 20, 2009
MEASURE TO KILL LANDFILL PASSES SENATE
Hard fight seen in the House
A bill that would halt the ash landfill proposed in Franklin moved one step closer toward approval Tuesday after receiving strong endorsement from the state Senate.
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May 6, 2009
BUDGET CAP POSES PROBLEMS EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO MONEY TO SPEND
When it comes to state spending, the focus of most discussions at the Capitol these days is on how to reduce it. But an unintended side effect of the state’s constitutional spending cap, coupled with a historic infusion of emergency federal aid, could leave Connecticut legally barred from funding basic programs in a few years — even if the economy rebounds and tax revenue is sufficient. READ MORE
March 28, 2009
THE FUTURE IS GREEN
Local and state leaders gather for Friday night energy summitIt was a night to go green in the Thread City Friday night, as 40 plus residents crammed into a meeting room to learn about energy assistance programs, green jobs and a public power authority. READ MORE
March 24, 2009
REP. SUSAN JOHNSON, REP. VICKIE NARDELLO,
ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, CONGRESSMAN JOE COURTNEY HOST INFORMATIONAL FORUM ON ENERGY
State Representative Vickie Nardello, Chair of the Legislature’s Energy Committee; State Representative Susan Johnson; Congressman Joe Courtney; and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will host an energy forum on Friday, March 27th at 6:30 p.m. in the Windham Town Hall. READ MORE
February 27, 2009
REP. JOHNSON DECRIES CUTS IN KEY
BOND ITEMS
FOR WINDHAM
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) voiced her concerns about bond items already approved for projects in her district that have been put on hold in Governor Rell’s budget. READ MORE
February 18, 2009
REP. JOHNSON URGES PARTICIPATION IN
TAX CREDIT OUTREACH PROGRAM
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) urged constituents to take advantage of the National Women’s Law Center’s (NWLC) Tax Credit Outreach Campaign to insure that all possible tax credits are taken on their tax returns.
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January 23, 2009
REP. JOHNSON RECEIVES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Representative Susan Johnson (D-Windham) was sworn in by Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz on January 7, 2009, as the new State Representative serving the 49th General Assembly District. Johnson succeeded Walter Pawelkiewicz (D-Windham) who has retired after ten years in the position. The ceremony took place at the State Capitol in Hartford Connecticut during the opening day of the 2009 session of the state legislature. Pawelkiewicz attended the session as Representative Johnson's guest to see his successor take her oath of office.
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