Officials urge support for domestic violence services in state budget- MERIDEN Local and state leaders and domestic violence victims advocates and service providers urged state leaders to back a proposal by Gov. Ned Lamont to allocate $18 million in funding toward domestic violence services during the next fiscal.
Candidate search heats up as parties brace for battle in 13th Senate- State Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams’ announcement last week that she would not be seeking re-election has local party leaders huddling to find candidates who can win in what has become a swing district over the last decade.Abrams, a two-term Democratic.
State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, transitioned Monday from an exploratory campaign to a declared candidacy for comptroller, one of Connecticut’s two open statewide constitutional offices in the 2022 election.
Barring late surprises, the announcement is another step toward filling out the Democratic and Republican lineups for the six statewide constitutional offices ahead of the parties’ nominating conventions, both set for May 6-7.
Secretary of the State candidates discuss, early voting, ranked-choice- State Rep. Hilda Santiago, D-84th, listed early voting and absentee ballots as her top priorities should she become Secretary of the State in November.Santiago’s opinion that a study on ranked choice voting, and allowing prisoners to vote should take.