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Town To Get $915,000 More For Education

May 27, 2016

Rep. Henry Genga joins his colleagues in announcing that they have obtained an additional $915,000 for the East Hartford school system in the new state budget approved earlier this month. The extra funding will help the town because of its inordinate percentage of students who attend magnet schools outside of East Hartford.

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Legislature OKs Bill Helping Firefighters

April 26, 2016

For Representative Henry Genga, protecting firefighters and making sure they're treated fairly is important. That is why he co-sponsored a bill that establishes a relief fund for wage replacements. The fund will be used for firefighters who are battling work-related cancer. House Bill 5262 provides compensation for current and former uniformed members of a paid or volunteer fire department who suffer from certain diseases as a result of performing their jobs.

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Funding for Brownfields Approved

January 15, 2016

Representatives Henry Genga, Jason Rojas and Jeff Currey hailed Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s announcement Thursday that East Hartford is among six municipalities in the state being awarded grants to develop plans for remediating and developing clusters of brownfield sites.

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Genga Committed To Balancing Budget

January 6, 2016

Representative Henry Genga joined his East Hartford colleagues in the state legislature in December in voting to balance the state budget. In an op-ed article Genga co-authored he outlined the steps they took to make necessary cuts in spending while protecting his constituents.

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