Stephen Meskers

Summer is coming to a close and kids will soon be heading back to school. To help working families prepare – and save – Connecticut offers its annual Sales Tax Free Week. From Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24, you can save on clothing and footwear - and send your kids back to school in style! 

We’re just a few days away from a new law taking effect that will help contribute to a better environment. Our statewide efforts to curb the use of single-use plastic bags goes into effect on Aug. 1.

I had a fruitful exchange with the Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich where we talked about the current economic state of Connecticut and things that we can do to improve our future outlook.

The House passed a bill to increase our education to include Black and Latino History, adding a strong, balanced, and equitable history storyline that includes all our citizens and reflects our diversity.

The House approved legislation authorizing the procurement of energy derived from offshore wind turbines.

Connecticut is a leader when it comes to sensible gun safety laws. We continued our leadership on the issue by passing Ethan’s Law, legislation regulating ghost guns and legislation increasing safe storage in motor vehicles.

Cuando se trata de leyes de seguridad sensibles para armas de fuego, Connecticut es líder. La Cámara de Representantes continúo nuestro liderazgo en este asunto pasando leyes que incluyen mantener seguras  las armas en hogares “Ethan’s Law,” la regulación de planes de construcción de armas en línea “ghost guns” y aumentando la seguridad de armas en vehículos de motor.

In this series of videos, I talk about the 2020 census and the importance of participating and making sure to be counted. It is critical that we have as accurate a count as possible as this affects many areas that impact the government resources allocated to Greenwich and the State of Connecticut. For more information go to www.census.gov

The House took action approving a resolution that would include a ballot question to amend the State Constitution to allow for an in-person early voting system. Once the resolution gets final legislative approval, the question will appear on the November 2020 ballot for voters to decide if Connecticut should implement it.