The Blue Plan is intended to prioritize the protection of existing natural resources and uses such as fishing, aquaculture, and navigation from future conflicting or incompatible activities, and to minimize conflicts between marine life and human uses in the Sound.
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ESSEX, CT State Senator Norm Needleman recently helped lead the passage of Senate Bill 999, An Act Concerning A Just Transition To Climate-Protective Energy Production and Community Investment, which will strengthen green energy worker rights in Connecticut, benefitting not only the state s continued increased adoption of green and renewable energy but ensuring that industry s workers are compensated fairly.
Needleman wrote in a recent Facebook post about the Bill, As the Senate Chair of the Energy & Technology Committee, my colleagues and I closely analyzed this legislation to ensure it will support and bolster the state s green energy industry.
He added in the post, This bill is crucial for our state in keeping people employed and moving into a green energy future.
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On May 10, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law “An Act Concerning Telehealth” (the “
Act”). The Act extends, until June 30, 2023, many of the COVID-19 related telehealth expansions issued by Governor Lamont through executive orders. A
press release from the Governor’s Office expressed the Act’s purpose to extend the duration of the expansion of telehealth services permitted by Executive Order 7G (for our previous analysis of Executive Order 7G, see
here). Among other things, the Act:
Expands the types of providers that can provide telehealth services to include: physicians, physicians assistants, physical therapists, chiropractors, clinical social workers, registered and advanced practice nurses, and others;
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As of Friday, the Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed 14 bills of the 2021 Regular Session. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT As the 2021 Regular Session in Hartford winds down, a number of bills are hitting Gov. Ned Lamont s in search of his signature.
The governor signed Senate Bill 263, An Act Reestablishing Club and Nonprofit Club Permits, into law on Thursday. The new legislation was crafted to reduce permit fees for non-profit clubs that been raised by the overhaul of the state s liquor statutes in 2019. I am glad that we were able to correct an inadvertent oversight that raised the cost of a liquor permit to $2,000 for our legions, VFW, and other clubs, said State Sen. James Maroney, who represents the 14th District. These men and women served our country and are continuing to serve our community, and I am happy that we are able to provide them financial relief.