Michelle L. Cook

After months of negotiations, the House of Representatives delivered a state budget that includes the largest income tax cut in the state’s history and significant increases in funding for local schools, also known as Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funds.

The House has been in session for the past few days. My colleagues and I were able to pass several pieces of legislation, including a few that I wanted to highlight:

The House was in session on Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday. My colleagues and I were able to pass several pieces of legislation, including a few that I wanted to highlight:

The House was in session last Tuesday and Wednesday. My colleagues and I were able to pass several pieces of legislation, including a few that I wanted to highlight:

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) unanimously voted to begin a search for consultants to monitor the performance of the state's two electric distribution companies - Eversource and United Illuminating. This is an important step toward eventually shifting to performance-based regulation for the companies.

Last Friday, I teamed up with Karen Thomas, the Executive Director of Friendly Hands Food Bank and other leaders to celebrate the first annual CT Food Insecurity Day. We brought awareness to the plight of food insecurity in the state and highlighted the importance of food banks/ pantries.

On Friday, I teamed up with Karen Thomas, the Executive Director of Friendly Hands Food Bank and other leaders to celebrate the first annual CT Food Insecurity Day.

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The program is part of Public Act 23-171, An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs, which I proudly supported.

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