January 27, 2010 STATE REPRESENTATIVES PUSH TO SAVE NURSING PROGRAM
State Rep. Peter Tercyak, D-New Britain, a licensed and registered nurse for more than 25 years, is calling for cuts to the state’s licensed practical nursing program to be restored. READ MORE
January 27, 2010 NEW BRITAIN LEGISLATORS HEAR CALLS TO CUT SPENDING,
PROTECT PROGRAMS
The city's legislative delegation got a taste Tuesday of what the next General Assembly session may bring: demands for spending cuts alongside demands to protect programs. READ MORE
October 2, 2009 NEW BRITAIN DELEGATION HONORS LOCAL BUSINESSMAN
AT STATE CAPITOL
The members of the New Britain state legislative delegation on Friday honored Jim Sanders, owner of Sanders Contracting and Installation in New Britain, with a state citation during a legislative session for being recognized by the Hartford Business Journal as being one of the “Forty Under 40” business leaders in Connecticut. READ MORE
New Britain legislative delegation giving local businessman Jim Sanders an official state citation in the Hall of the House of Representatives during a legislative session at the State Capitol on Friday, October 2.
June 10, 2009
News Briefing on the Planned DDS Service Cutbacks
June 3, 2009 NEW BRITAIN DELEGATION DECRIES GOVERNOR’S CUTS
THAT WOULD CRIPPLE CITY’S FAMILIES, BUSINESSES Governor wants to balance budget on city’s most vulnerable
The New Britain Legislative Delegation today slammed Governor M. Jodi Rell for her proposed budget cuts that will drastically and negatively effect New Britain’s families and small businesses. Calling her cuts irresponsible and unconscionable, the lawmakers said that the governor has sought to balance the state’s multi-billion-dollar deficit on the backs of poor children, senior citizens and working families struggling to get by in difficult times. READ MORE
April 28, 2009 LEGISLATORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WORK TO PUSH DOWN HEALTH CARE COSTS
State Representatives John Geragosian (D-New Britain), Peter Tercyak (D-New Britain), Tim O’Brien (D-New Britain) and Betty Boukus (D-Plainville, New Britain) joined Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz Tuesday at a regional roundtable with area small business owners an non-profits to discuss business-friendly health care policies that will help New Britain area companies thrive. READ MORE
March 26, 2009 NEW BRITAIN LEGISLATORS DISCUSS STATE BUDGET
WITH AREA RESIDENTS
The New Britain Delegation to the state House of Representatives and Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) hosted a public forum on the state budget Thursday at New Britain City Hall. READ MORE