HARTFORD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) Swearing in of lawmakers, organizational committee meetings, and other rituals marking the start of the state legislative session may seem a tad corny or incidental for some, but you can bet your bottom dollar that most lobbyists will be present.
Count DeVaughn Ward among them. A lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project, Ward will be fighting this session to push a recreational pot legalization bill over the finish line, something that’s proven difficult during recent attempts, despite support from Gov. Ned Lamont and public polls.
So Ward would surely seize on an opportunity to be seen, shake some hands, trade intel and chat up powerful committee chairs and newly-elected freshmen lawmakers alike.
Meriden panel reviewing police use of force oversight loses its leader
Meriden panel reviewing police use of force oversight loses its leader
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Democratic candidate for city council Nicole Tomassetti from area 2 during the Meriden Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum moderated by Record-Journalâs Executive Editor Ralph Tomaselli at Washington Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2019. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
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MERIDEN â The chairwoman of the City Council committee formed in response to the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests last summer has resigned from that board a month after taking the job, she said Wednesday.