Matt Ritter

Unlike Georgia which recently adopted a new law to make it harder for voters to cast their ballots, Connecticut can be on the right side of history.

Speaker of the House Matt Ritter (D-Hartford) announced a multi-million dollar effort to restore Batterson Park, the long-shuttered Hartford-owned former recreation area straddling Farmington and New Britain.

Speaker of the House Matt Ritter appointed Rep. Anthony Nolan to the state's Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee (JJPOC).

Rep. Ritter and GHIAA celebrated the end of Welfare Liens, AKA the Poverty Tax.

The legislature is targeting the Poverty Tax – state liens on our neighbors who may have needed state assistance in the past but have since fought their way out of poverty.

CT needs to take care of those left behind during the pandemic.

Join Speaker Matt Ritter and House Appropriations Chair Toni Walker in a discussion on repealing the state's inequitable "Poverty Tax."

House Speaker Matt Ritter was the featured guest on WNPR's Where We Live. He discussed the legislative session, issues and the importance of emergency executive response to the pandemic.