Patrick Biggins

Dear Neighbor,

While the final days of Hunger Action Month are among us, the mission to stomp out food insecurity in Connecticut and nationwide will continue. There are several ways you can continue to help. I've included more details below.

We can expect crippling cuts to HUSKY and SNAP via the federal government, where thousands of Connecticut residents could be severely affected.

Legislators, myself included, heard from some of them at an event in Meriden this week.

We won't be standing by idly. Scroll down for more details on how we intend to combat these cuts.

Lastly, Facebook is a social media platform we're all pretty familiar with -but are we clear on its potential harm? I'll be less of a presence following one of my latest reads, which I've included below in the Biggins Books section.

As always, please feel free to reach out to my office with any suggestions or concerns. 

Sincerely,

Patrick Biggins
State Representative

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Seniors with a 3.0 weighted GPA or 2.75 unweighted GPA can apply to 10 participating public and private colleges with just one free application.
 
Participating colleges and universities include:

• Central Connecticut State University
• Eastern Connecticut State University
• Southern Connecticut State University
• Western Connecticut State University
• Albertus Magnus College
• Goodwin University
• Mitchell College
• University of Bridgeport
• University of Hartford
• University of New Haven

 For more information and application instructions, please click HERE.

Full disclosure? I hope that you're encouraged to pick up a book, any book, and just read. Reading is a wonderful way to relax, relieve stress, enhance brain activity, and more.

In the last few weeks, I've read:

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker.

This book mostly messed with me in the way it is written, and the name Dutchess. I couldn’t really ever get over it.

The Names by Florence Knapp.

I needed my wife to clarify the entire concept of this book. Now that it is clear, the book makes a whole lot more sense.  And to keep anyone who takes this recommendation from that confusion, it is about multiple different outcomes based on the name the mom chooses for her son.

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

This book is life-changing. 

I feel like we all know Facebook isn’t good and is actively using our data and information for its own benefit. This book paints the picture of how they are doing that and how it is actually causing a greater divide in our society.

I am really limiting my use of the platform after reading this book.