Latest news from State Senator Carlo Leone http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Leone.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:31:43 -0400 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:31:26 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ On Friday Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) and Rep. William Tong (D-Stamford) announced that the Child Care Learning Center (CLC) in Stamford will soon receive state assistance to support an expansion of its current facilities, including new office and classroom space. The improvements will allow the organization to care for as many as 60 additional children. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130614.php 4B02A20F-493E-40CE-BD4C-CDC9955C017A-3118-000013C103085A33-FFA Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:31:35 -0400 On Tuesday State Senators Carlo Leone (D-Stamford, Darien) and Bob Duff (D-Norwalk, Darien) joined their colleagues in the state Senate to unanimously approve new legislation that will adopt precautionary measures to reduce the exposure of lobsters in Long Island Sound to potentially harmful pesticides. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130605.php B2F0AF40-C0AC-4822-A275-AB4322F5D2DC-1974-000010A7BADE0F6C-FFA Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:17:21 -0400 State Senator Carlo Leone announced today that the State Senate has voted to approve legislation that will rename two portions of road and a bridge in Stamford to memorialize the lives of three city residents. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130603.php 8DFB24DC-D482-45E4-A573-C92855378E0F-414-0000013E5F4D15BF-FFA Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:03:01 -0400 On Saturday, State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) proudly joined members of both parties in the State Senate to vote 29 to 5 in favor of Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s Next Generation Connecticut proposal. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130601.php C7BB4DD1-92EA-4478-81AB-779AD6546675-16496-00001FEDF9AEDC0F-FFA Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:08:18 -0400 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of the Banks Committee, led unanimous passage in the State Senate of bipartisan legislation to reform and streamline the state’s foreclosure mediation process. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130531.php E7F96966-392F-4225-A89C-368A5B86AB55-4918-000022FCE5F38B94-FFA Fri, 31 May 2013 19:10:58 -0400 On Memorial Day, State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, congratulated Governor Dannel P. Malloy for signing into law a series of bills on Friday that will expand benefits and services for U.S. military veterans. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130527.php BAC8237F-A25B-41E3-A35C-616E91DA2187-1230-0000020B6CCCEAD2-FFA Mon, 27 May 2013 09:17:46 -0400 On Thursday Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, led unanimous Senate passage of voting reforms which would direct the Connecticut Secretary of State to select a secure method by which military members serving overseas could return their ballots. Such a method might include transmission by electronic mail or fax. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130523.php CB8A5616-617B-43AC-877C-7617306B5087-1880-0000168DC9FDF33C-FFA Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:16 -0400 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Chairman of the Banks Committee, led unanimous passage in the Senate Wednesday afternoon of legislation that would create a new class of “linked” prepaid bank cards which automatically refund any remaining balance to the purchaser upon expiration. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130522a.php BC774FE8-F960-493E-A5E0-A5B10F8B6050-654-00000108EF1A0563-FFA Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:41 -0400 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of the General Assembly’s Veterans’ Affairs Committee, hosted a donation drive outside the main entrance of the State Capitol to collect clothing, personal care items and cash donations to benefit homeless Connecticut veterans and the South Park Inn Veteran Drop-In-Center in Hartford. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130522.php 09B00865-6B6F-4125-A41B-CDB97FBBAAE8-20061-0000215892B5737B-FFA Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:37 -0400 Tuesday evening State Senators Bob Duff (D-Norwalk, Darien) and Carlo Leone (D-Stamford, Darien) joined their colleagues in both parties to support new legislation which would require all food containing genetically modified ingredients to be appropriately labeled. The bill passed the State Senate in a vote of 35 to 1. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130521.php 6CAE15E5-2FDB-4F9E-BB6E-F17FF6B925F7-3297-000004250E861646-FFA Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:28 -0400 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) welcomed an announcement by Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for growing Connecticut businesses through innovative financing and strategic assistance, that it has committed funding to a new Stamford-based startup venture in the medical device industry, Orthozon Technologies LLC. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130520.php 6850CEF0-6B61-4AC4-B254-A71D3D7A748F-397-00000E36F715EC0D-FFA Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:36 -0400 Today Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of the General Assembly’s Veterans Affairs Committee, lead unanimous passage in the Senate of legislation to guarantee that all 169 town halls in Connecticut designate at least one employee to serve as a contact person for veterans and to answer their questions regarding veterans benefits and programs. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130516a.php 73162C2C-CEA6-4A8E-9088-4461DA00EA09-930-000001C973210C46-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 09:09:30 -0400 On Wednesday, State Senators Carlo Leone and Bob Duff welcomed multiple groups of fifth grade students from Darien’s Royle Elementary School to the State Capitol in Hartford. The legislators shared some insights with the children about how state government works, and spoke about the importance of everyone’s participation in a democratic society. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130516.php 530E0867-A9E2-4A70-BE35-4102BE49C522-1252-00001CD74A0A78DC-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:48 -0400 Today Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, led passage in the State Senate of two bills aimed at opening new career opportunities for former soldiers and lightening the property tax burden of disabled veterans. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130515.php 535943B8-2803-4EA2-9BB0-0AD657637066-41383-0000501FECC2D4AA-FFA Wed, 15 May 2013 09:14:29 -0400 Today Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, led passage in the State Senate of legislation that will allow Vietnam War veterans who left high school for the service to receive honorary diplomas. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130508a.php DF2C7321-DCB8-459E-BC45-9046B1A4EDDA-12798-00001AE1987F8DE0-FFA Wed, 08 May 2013 17:11:01 -0400 Today Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) led passage in the State Senate of legislation that would guarantee job security to members of the state armed forces who are employed elsewhere, but then called to duty. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130508.php 3410735A-06BC-4C7E-900A-8B81D4A71A71-12798-000019C6BDEB01D3-FFA Wed, 08 May 2013 17:10:31 -0400 On a bright Saturday morning, State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) joined with volunteers at the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford for a day of volunteer work and community outreach. Also in attendance were Congressman Jim Himes, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia, and dozens of local Comcast and NBC Sports employees. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130430.php D1D35026-B6A8-40F1-BDDE-0EBB89EC9FC2-1020-0000019CD1848BDD-FFA Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:23:33 -0400 Nearly twenty years after the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was adopted by the U.S. Congress, the Connecticut State Senate voted today to aid in the restoration of veterans’ benefits to former service members who were wrongfully discharged. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130424.php 187CF88C-7D4E-4D51-8D20-56F079749490-8737-00001B4B5776B1C4-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:59:24 -0400 Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) joined with both Democrats and Republicans to pass bipartisan gun violence legislation in the State Senate today by a vote of 26 to 10. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130403.php DF77EBAB-531F-42E4-BA11-80CC1BE11E39-9915-0000236FEBC993B5-FFA Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:29:42 -0400 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) welcomed the announcement by Governor Dannel P. Malloy that The Navigators Group, Inc., an international specialty insurance holding company, will soon move its corporate headquarters and additional operations from New York to Stamford. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130315a.php 66D58350-92FD-4888-88E2-C31EA28CCEB2-4285-0000081B7AFD5185-FFA Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:09:30 -0400 This week State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chairman of both the General Assembly’s Veterans Affairs and Banks Committees, lead each panel to pass multiple pieces of legislation before their respective bill deadlines. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130315.php 8E21A119-423F-4FBD-B381-F7EE5AF67F91-1463-000003ED61EC5665-FFA Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:52:44 -0400 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) joined his Democratic and Republican colleagues in both houses of the General Assembly last week to vote unanimously in favor of extending the state’s highly successful Small Business Express (EXP) program. To date, the initiative has created or retained 7,011 jobs across Connecticut. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130311.php 75722BE2-327C-4FBF-B0B2-DEFB2D6486FF-997-000012E942692330-FFA Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:30:43 -0400 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) voted with his Senate colleagues this week to create a special fund to assist those individuals who suffered psychological trauma as a result of their work related to the December 14, 2012 shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130308.php 2A4C46BA-9E7A-4283-8A59-2A96BBDE1C25-3227-000004F208217C4B-FFA Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:40:53 -0500 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) announced today that both houses of the General Assembly have voted to approve the nomination of multiple Stamford residents to serve in various positions in the judicial and executive branches of the state government. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130306.php 87F7E725-2870-403F-8307-472B1887FF87-431-000003FCB3252348-FFA Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:58:13 -0500 State Senators Bob Duff (D-Norwalk, Darien) and Carlo Leone (D-Stamford, Darien) joined with their Senate colleagues today in a unanimous vote to confirm the nomination of Evonne Klein of Darien to be the first Commissioner of the new Department of Housing. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130306a.php E1C87028-2FD4-4000-BD59-95814E4B8F7A-431-000003FC9AD2E984-FFA Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:58:49 -0500 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) spoke in favor of the Next Generation Connecticut initiative, a plan to reinvigorate the UConn Stamford campus and grow the city and state’s economy through major investments across the entire University of Connecticut system in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130304.php CBFF24E4-9E92-47EE-80C7-DDD5A5EC161D-6382-0000199D409A182A-FFA Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:31:27 -0500 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford, Darien) joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy at the State Capitol today as he announced the nomination of Evonne Klein of Darien to be the first Commissioner of the Department of Housing. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130214.php 4FF5DB1A-04E8-41FB-84D5-2F17A96403C2-9307-00006859B71A1FAD-FFA Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:41:38 -0500 Today State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Senate Chair of the General Assembly’s Banks Committee, welcomed a proposal by Governor Dannel P. Malloy to protect homeowners facing mortgage delinquency or who are in foreclosure, and to streamline the process for addressing abandoned and blighted properties. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130130.php D350091B-EBB3-4892-9CA7-0E76C9B5475C-15975-000016644CF5C051-FFA Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:43:59 -0500 Today Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) applauded the State Senate’s vote of 30 to 3 to confirm Stamford resident Andrew McDonald’s nomination to be an Associate Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and a judge of the Superior Court. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130123.php D56DA644-3DC8-4676-8E6A-D5125966749E-9102-0000114B6F018434-FFA Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:15:52 -0500 State Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) has been appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) to serve as Senate Chairman of the General Assembly‘s Banks Committee, and also to fill the leadership role of Assistant Majority Leader. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130115.php 17014C60-B5FF-4E0A-BF15-3D99CFFEA987-550-0000050F54377271-FFA Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:12:12 -0500 After eight years of “select” temporary status, the General Assembly‘s Veterans‘ Affairs Committee was elevated today to permanent “standing” status for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session, and all legislative sessions thereafter. Committee Co-Chairmen Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) and Rep. Jack Hennessy (D-Bridgeport) joined with legislative leadership, military veterans and veterans‘ advocates to make the announcement. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/leone-130109.php 5F5F7FCE-B7F6-4288-9CB0-4576ADF9C7E1-2801-00001959227570CE-FFA Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:22:06 -0500