Maria Horn

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Before I was elected in 2018, I was a volunteer, a board member, and eventually a Board Chair at Women’s Support Services (WSS) in Sharon.  WSS’s mission is to create a community free of domestic violence and abuse through intervention, prevention, and education.

September’s Special Session: House Edition is now a wrap, as we pass the baton to the Senate today. 

For those of you who like to get your homework in right under the wire, you have one more day to complete your census forms if you want to be sure to be counted!  A recent court ruling extended that deadline through October, but that is still under appeal, so now is the time to get it done.

This week the Governor announced plans to loosen economic restrictions, moving to Phase 3 of the state’s re-opening on October 8.

On Friday night we lost a legend in Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It’s hard to put into words what her life and legacy meant to me, personally and professionally, and to working women everywhere.

Plans are beginning to solidify for the Connecticut General Assembly to hold a Special Session before the end of September.  This time, the Senate will convene first: we expect that to happen next week.  The House will follow, and we expect to convene on either September 29 or September 30.  The agenda is still under negotiation, but the focus will be on bills which have had hearings during the truncated regular session, that have strong bipartisan support, and/or that address urgent situations that need immediate attention.

Nonprofit organizations in our area do incredible work to keep our communities healthy, and to keep us connected to one another

School, in its new and varied formats and schedules, began in earnest this week.  Before the schedule kicked into gear, I had many anxious conversations with teachers, parents, administrators, and staff, about the unknowns they were facing as they made decisions about how to move forward.