Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026East Lyme residents, if you take only one thing away from this newsletter, please let it be this: The 2026/27 budget referendum takes place Thursday, May 21, at the East Lyme Community Center, 37 Society Road. Voting is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for May 11, 2026
May 11, 2026The Session ended last Wednesday, and I'm proud of the hard work put in to achieve positive results for Connecticut residents.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026Just four more days at the Capitol (Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) left in the session!
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for April 23, 2026
April 23, 2026The days (and nights) are long, but the session is short. We've begun a stretch of session days where we have taken up, and will take up, legislation, including gun violence reduction, no-excuse absentee ballots, homeschooling, vaccines, and medical credit cards, among other things.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for April 7, 2026
April 7, 2026This is my first short session, so the whole thing kind of felt like we were in the home stretch. But we REALLY are in the home stretch, with fewer than 30 days left before sine die.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026I recently joined colleagues from across the state—including advocates from the Niantic Tenants Union—to demand just cause eviction protections in Connecticut.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for March 3, 2026
March 3, 2026On Thursday, the House was in session and passed two important bills: Senate Bill 298 and Senate Bill 299.
Updates from State Rep. Nick Menapace for Feb. 17, 2026
February 17, 2026The Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most prominent civil rights leaders to emerge after Martin Luther King Jr., died today after a lifetime fighting for racial justice, voting rights, and the poor.





