Matt Ritter

I'm honored to have been selected as this year's recipient of HARC's Governmental Leadership award. HARC is an outstanding Hartford nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and support services for people with intellectual and related disabilities.

Today I joined my colleagues at a press conference to announce new legislation to combat opioid addiction. I'm hopeful that this bill will save lives by preventing opioid addiction and overdoses.

I discussed the budget, Connecticut's opioid crisis, and gun violence in an interview with Comcast Newsmakers. Click through to watch the video.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to celebrate Connecticut’s artistic community at Arts Day at the State Capitol. I’m glad I was able to join my colleagues and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to speak about the importance of art to our state.

We have a great community of students, parents, teachers and administrators at Milner School in Hartford. I was happy to work with Dattco to make sure the children had transportation to a bowling outing as a prize for the school’s Perfect Attendance Incentive program.

Quality early childhood education is such an important building block for elementary school on up. CRT teachers and staff are doing important work in Hartford.

I am pleased that the State Bond Commission approved $2 million in state funding for an Upper Albany Main Street, Inc. building project at its meeting this morning in the Legislative Office Building.

The Hartford Promise is a new program that offers scholarships to Hartford high school students who meet certain benchmarks.