Travis Simms

I hope you're staying cool in the hot weather. A reminder that Norwalk is holding  its annual Independence Day concert and fireworks show tonight, Thursday, July 3, at Calf Pasture Beach. 

Several new laws that were passed during the 2025 legislative session take effect on Tuesday, July 1. Please see below to read about some of them!

One of my top priorities going into the legislative session this year was to help lower the cost of housing for both homeowners and renters. This priority grew out of hearing loud and clear after knocking on thousands of doors campaigning last year.

Sessions can be like raising children. The days are long but the years -- or in this case months -- are short. There are just a couple of weeks left in this session, and the House continues to take up important legislation addressing housing, protecting immigrants, funding Medicaid and amending workers' compensation laws.

One of my favorite annual events of the session took place at the state Capitol on Tuesday: Norwalk Day. 

Join me by registering for the State of Black Community: Brunch N’ Learn on Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m., at the Norwalk Public Library.

Last Wednesday I attended a press conference on the third-annual Food Insecurity Awareness Day at the Capitol. That there is a third annual day shows we have more work to do. No child in Connecticut, or anywhere for that matter, should be hungry. Yet one in six kids in Connecticut are food insecure. More than 450,000 residents have faced hunger in the state. Nearly 90 MILLION meals are needed to close the gap annually in Connecticut.