Minnie Gonzalez

Last year, my legislative colleagues and I passed critical updates to our groundbreaking "Red Flag" law, otherwise known as its Risk Warrant or Risk Protection Order statute, in an effort to better protect residents, families, and communities from gun violence.

Applications for residents to claim the new Child Tax Payments are now open through July 31, 2022! Recipients will receive funds beginning in late August.

Connecticut's general obligation bond outlook was just raised from stable to positive by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

Applications for the Child Tax Payments - that was included as part of a historic $600 million in tax cuts in our 2022 state budget - will open June 1, 2022.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is utilizing numerous options to assist families across the state access baby formula during the nationwide shortage.

After months of negotiation and hearing input from residents across our state, I am happy to pass along great news. Our state budget provides historic tax relief for parents, retirees, workers, and property owners.

The House passed a historic bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the immediate, intermediate and long-term needs of the children's mental and behavioral health system in Connecticut, a priority during the 2022 legislative session.

Some of the bills passed in the April 19th, 2022 House Session