Jason Rojas

The 2019 legislative session has ended. We made great progress, but there is still more work to do.

It was a busy week at the State Capitol. After a 14-hour debate the House voted to approve a bill raising the current $10.10 minimum hourly wage over the next four and a half years to $15 an hour by June 1, 2023. The House also passed bills related to safe gun storage in the home, safe gun storage in motor vehicles and untraceable ghost guns that circumvent state laws.

“I think this is an attempt to have a more balanced approach to the revenue side of the budget, in terms of who’s contributing,” Rep. Jason Rojas, co-chairman of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, tells www.CtMirror.org, referring to legislators' ongoing discussions about whether the state should raise taxes on the very rich.

What a great story. Manchester groups and the board of education working together to provide new skills and job opportunities for high school students while addressing the lack of diversity among emergency responders. We need more of this. -- Jason

Representative Jason Rojas, House chairman for the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, issued the following statement Wednesday after Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled his proposal for a two-year budget.

Rep. Jason Rojas chairs the General Assembly’s first 2019 meeting of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee.

Rep. Jason Rojas and his East Hartford legislative colleagues will hold a community conversation with residents to discuss their concerns and issues facing the state from 6 p.m. to 7 on Monday, Jan. 7, in the East Hartford Library.

Rep. Jason Rojas and his colleagues who represent Manchester will meet with residents to discuss issues and concerns from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, on the 2nd floor of Manchester Town Hall, 41 Center St.