During an hours-long debate today the State House of Representatives debated proposed legislation which would place a tremendous burden on all Connecticut businesses and non-profit organizations that employ over fifty people. The bill requires that those full-time and part-time employees be given paid sick time at a rate of one hour for every forty hours [...]
State Representatives David Labriola (R-131) and Rosa Rebimbas (R-70) today opposed legislation that would allow individuals to register and vote on the same day a state or municipal election is held. The bill was debated today in the State House of Representatives. Current state law requires that those wishing to vote in an upcoming municipal [...]
The Connecticut Commission on Aging recently held an informational forum on how the federal Stimulus package and the $3.5 billion coming to Connecticut will impact this state’s seniors.
For more information check out this link.
Rep. Rosa Rebimbas (R-Naugatuck) reminded residents today that the Department of Public Utility Control is preparing the state for mandatory 10-digit dialing within the state for local calls by mid-November with the addition of a third area code to Connecticut.
The new area code of 475 will be added into the calling area of the current [...]
This afternoon the Appropriations Committee took up legislation that would place undue burdens on all Connecticut businesses that employ more than fifty people by requiring them to provide paid sick leave to all employees at a rate of one hour per every 40 hours worked. The measure would apply to part-time employees as well as [...]
During Wednesday evening’s session of the house of Representatives, Rep. Rosa Rebimbas joined a number of her colleagues in exposing a number of holes in legislation that would allow cities to sell bonds for college tuition scholarships. The effort resulted in the bill being referred to the Education Committee, which had not had he opportunity [...]
State Representative Rosa Rebimbas voted last week against a measure that would limit choices Connecticut consumers have in selecting their power distributors. The measure came in the form of an amendment that would have forced residential and small business consumers to buy their electricity from either Connecticut Light & Power or United Illuminating starting next [...]
With the nation on the watch due to the recent outbreak of H1N1 commonly known as swine flu, there are currently only four confimed cases in Connecticut. Two of those cases are in Fairfield, one in Middlefield and one in Stratford.
While there is no immediate danger of a pandemic due to swine flu, follow this [...]
