Brandon Chafee

Connecticut's annual Sales Tax-Free Week begins on Sunday, August 18 and runs through Saturday, August 24. It provides a chance to save money, whether it is taking the kids back-to-school shopping or treating yourself or your loved ones.

Connecticut will get up to $100 million to help speed up the process of attaining more affordable electric heat pumps installed throughout the state. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $450 million to a coalition of states, including Connecticut, known as the New England Heat Pump Accelerator Coalition.

I want to wish you all a fun and safe Independence Day.

The Greater Middletown Military Museum, located at 200 Walnut Grove, has several exciting events coming up that I would like to share with you. These events are free and open to the public. I hope you get a chance to check them out!

Today, Governor Lamont and the state bond commission approved over $13 million in funding for the Urban Garden Greenhouse-Community Health Center ($2.1 million), Chamber of Commerce ($3.5 million), and rehabilitation at the Solnit Psychiatric Center’s South Campus ($7.7 million).

We finished another productive session at the Capitol on Wednesday. Although a few of my priority bills didn’t make it through, we did some good for the working people of this state.

I am proud to be considered one of the leaders in the fight against climate change and protecting the environment in our state and I take the matter very seriously. We are at a crisis point in dealing with this issue nationally but also in Connecticut.

The library is surveying to gather input about locations, services, and the ideal future public library.