Archive for March, 2010

Public Health Committee Chair Visits Trumbull at Delegation’s Request

by: Michael Downes March 30, 2010

This past Saturday, the Trumbull Legislative Delegation—Representatives T.R. Rowe (R-Trumbull) and Tony Hwang (R-Trumbull/Fairfield) and Senator Anthony Musto (D-Trumbull)—invited the influential co-chair of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee to meet residents of the Nichols portion of Trumbull and tour the site of a proposed 3.4 megawatt natural gas-fired fuel cell.
In their ongoing efforts to [...]

Bill Supporting Local Community Non-Profit Providers Passes Key Legislative Committee

by: Michael Downes March 24, 2010

The legislature’s Human Services Committee today unanimously passed legislation which would form a task force to study the privatization of group homes. Representative T.R. Rowe (R-123) and Representative Tony Hwang (R-134) both testified before the committee in favor of the legislation earlier this month.
The legislation, Raised Bill 5245, An Act Establishing a Task Force to [...]

Rep. Rowe Votes to Delay In-School Suspension

by: Michael Downes March 19, 2010

Yesterday afternoon the legislature’s Planning and Development Committee voted on legislation that would delay the implementation of the in-school suspension mandate against local school boards. The mandate, which is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2010, would require all public schools in the state to require suspended students to serve their suspensions within [...]

Rep. Rowe, Legislators and Residents Testify on Fuel Cell Plant Bills

by: Michael Downes March 19, 2010

Dozens of Trumbull residents wearing red and white “Fragile: Handle with Care” stickers boarded a bus and traveled to the State Capitol yesterday to testify before a legislative committee in favor of legislation that would change the way the Connecticut Siting Council makes decisions about where they will allow the construction of potentially dangerous power [...]

Representatives Rowe and Hwang Support Community Non-Profit Providers

by: Michael Downes March 16, 2010

The legislature’s Human Services Committee heard testimony this week on legislation which would form a task force to study the privatization of group homes. Representative T.R. Rowe (R-123) and Representative Tony Hwang (R-134) both testified before the committee in favor of the legislation.
The legislation, Raised Bill 5245, An Act Establishing a Task Force to Study [...]