Tammy Exum

These priorities reflect our recognition that special education is the biggest budget wildcard for municipalities, increased housing and decreased homelessness are critical to the state's future economic health, rising costs and a reduced workforce are making childcare hard to obtain for many families, and protecting our environment has never been more critical.

Women-owned and child care businesses across Connecticut have an exciting opportunity to secure funding to support and grow their companies. The Women’s Business Development Council is now accepting applications for two grant programs designed to help businesses at various stages of development.

It was such a powerful event! The young speakers were moving as was the entire ceremony. Thank you for having me and congratulations to Mark Walker, the first recipient of the Earl Exum Servant Leader Award! For a great read on this event, please see Ronni Newton's story in the We-Ha News HERE.

On Monday the country will celebrate the legacy of one of our greatest civil rights leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

My colleagues and I are ready to take on several issues during the upcoming session. If you want to follow our progress, or if you want to get involved, there are several ways to do so:

I want to wish you a Happy New Year! I look forward to serving you and the residents of Connecticut during the 2025 legislative session, which begins on January 8th. On that note, I want to point out several new laws passed during the 2024 session that will go into effect on Wednesday, January 1.

I have been appointed Deputy Majority Leader for the 2025 legislative session. I am thankful to House leadership for bestowing this honor upon me and for the kind words below from Connecticut House Majority Leader Jason Rojas.

The Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee (TCB), of which I am one of the tri-chairs, had its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday in Hartford and it featured a "data spotlight" with updates from our mobile and urgent crisis centers as well as youth inpatient psychiatric, behavioral health emergency department and psychiatric residential treatment facility utilization.