David Michel

The 2019 Legislative Session was a challenging, productive, and meaningful learning experience for me as a first-term legislator, and I want to thank you again for the honor of allowing me to represent you and others in the 146^th Assembly District in the Connecticut General Assembly.

Beginning June 28 and ending around July 9, several road closures and pedestrian detours are scheduled at S. State Street, Atlantic Street and Guernsey Avenue as the Atlantic Street Bridge is replaced.

Starting Sunday, June 16 until Friday, June 21, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., there will be some lane closures on Route 1 between the Greenwich Town Line and Clinton Avenue in Stamford.

Tomorrow, Friday, June 14 at 11 a.m., the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's (DEEP) Commission for Environmental Standards will hold its first meeting to discuss best practices for pursuing the development of offshore wind facilities.

Connecticut has the third-highest accumulated student loan debt in the country and the financial burden that our college graduates must shoulder after growing up here is driving many of them to other states where housing and the cost of living is cheaper.

The House of Representatives passed House Bill 7083 to require the instruction of climate change in our public schools. It would be included in the science curriculum and based on guidelines consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards. In 2015, the state Board of Education unanimously approved NGSS standards.

The House passed a budget which is responsible, stable, and funds the Rainy Day Fund at historic levels. With significant investments in education, job growth, and economic development throughout the state, the budget holds the line on spending.

Connecticut is taking important steps with innovative ideas to help us address our environmental and energy challenges through passage of a comprehensive measure to lay the ground work towards sustainable green initiatives.