Josh Elliott

The Judiciary Committee voted to approve legislation to reduce gun violence, including mass shootings, community violence, domestic violence, suicides and accidental shootings.

There will be changes for some of our most vulnerable individuals and families who are on Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

I am proud to have voted to pass a measure to fully fund school lunches for the rest of the academic year.

With the start of February means it's time to rejoice, reflect, and remember the pioneers who make Black History Month.

As we continue to pursue more long-term solutions to reduce rising costs of energy, I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming outreach event to help residents access critical financial assistance from United Illuminating (UI) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG), through the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), the Community Renewal Team (CRT) and Operation Fuel.

I am pleased to report that responsible budgeting and major structural changes made to pension and teachers' retirement plans are putting Connecticut on much more solid fiscal ground and saving taxpayers billions in debt payments.

I hope you are well. Many of you were wondering what the utilities were saying as a defense of these prices increases - so I wanted to forward what they sent to us.

I am sure we share the same concerns about Eversource and United Illuminating, the state's two main electric distribution companies, which both filed their new rates for standard service supply rates with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) that will increase rates by approximately 40%.

Once approved by PURA, these new rates will go into effect from January 1, 2023, through the first six months of the year.