Senator John Fonfara News Feed Latest News From State Senator John Fonfara http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Fonfara.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:28:04 -0400 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:27:54 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Fonfara Leads Senate Passage of Connecticut’s Biennial Budget State Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford), Senate Chairman of the Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee, led final passage in the Senate Monday evening of a biennial budget plan for Connecticut that protects the safety net and preserves municipal aid without raising taxes. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130603.php 6326455C-0069-49AE-B206-C31E8044CEB4-863-000001E157DD6918-FFA Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:15:14 -0400 Fonfara Leads Senate Passage of 'Next Generation Connecticut' to Grow UConn & the Connecticut Economy State Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford) led bipartisan passage in the State Senate on Saturday of Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s Next Generation Connecticut proposal. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130601.php C255AD29-003C-44CF-BA23-778B43C328DD-4288-00001F572752A03A-FFA Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:50:23 -0400 Fonfara Votes to Create Mattress Recycling Program Following debate in the State Senate this afternoon, Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford) joined his colleagues in a 28 to 8 vote to create a statewide recycling and disposal program for discarded sleeping mattresses. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130516.php F960199C-89A7-40C0-8EC1-AB431361C354-930-000001D970187CCE-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:41 -0400 Fonfara: Price Gouging Legislation Will Protect Consumers in Future Disasters Legislation passed the State Senate Wednesday afternoon aimed at combatting price gouging for services in the aftermath of extreme weather events. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130509.php EAEF3AD8-D2E6-4A2A-B3FB-9D80DAFCB5FB-9694-00001355AECEA220-FFA Thu, 09 May 2013 17:34:03 -0400 Recreational Improvements Coming Soon to Wethersfield Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford, Wethersfield), Senator Paul Doyle (D-Wethersfield), Rep. Tony Guerrera (D-29) and Rep. Russ Morin (D-28) announced today that the State Bond Commission has approved multiple infrastructure and recreational improvement projects in the Town of Wethersfield. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130430.php 5805A361-7137-407C-AE4A-2CF222D90F2C-1095-000012A3C6F320A3-FFA Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:13:51 -0400 Fonfara Visits Abandoned Capewell Factory in Hartford, Talks Renovation State Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford) joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra on Thursday to visit the former Capewell Horse Nail Factory in Hartford and discuss new plans for renovating the site. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130426.php 444F7E23-9378-49F6-BD9F-42A7E5F6DF9E-11327-00001B81908063DA-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:01:30 -0400 Fonfara: Company Expansions in Wethersfield Will Create 100 New Jobs Today Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford, Wethersfield) and Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced approximately $3 million in loans to support the expansion of two small businesses in Wethersfield. The funding will help to create almost 100 new jobs. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130423.php 16B7A7C7-FD9D-4807-B2A3-C23D015EEFC6-1645-00001D0042847ECB-FFA Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:23:30 -0400 Fonfara: Senate Approves Gun Violence Prevention Bill State Senator John W. Fonfara (D-Hartford) hailed passage in the State Senate today of bipartisan legislation that will take steps to reduce gun violence, enhance school security, and establish a process for improving mental health services in the aftermath of the terrible shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130403.php B9232B60-56F4-4ABE-A7C6-686823D14610-9915-00002365F0D679B3-FFA Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:28:56 -0400 Fonfara and Coleman Vote to Aid Abandoned Sawyer School Students State Senators Eric D. Coleman (D-Bloomfield) and John Fonfara (D-Hartford) joined their Senate colleagues in unanimous vote today to pass legislation to assist the abandoned students of the former Sawyer School in Hartford. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130306.php EEF3A27F-EC24-4656-B552-5B003C229368-431-000004F3CDC7C53C-FFA Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:16:18 -0500 Fonfara and Coleman Nominated to Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Democratic and Republican state legislative leaders announced Wednesday the creation of a special bipartisan task force on gun violence prevention and children’s safety. Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford) and Senator Eric Coleman (D-Bloomfield) were both nominated to study gun violence prevention on the new panel. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/fonfara-130116.php 72140A90-3A39-43CE-B1D4-4E71E0AFDEFF-4553-0000141445EAF095-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:55:44 -0500