Latest News From State Senator Gary LeBeau http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/LeBeau.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:35 -0400 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:20 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ On a day that saw dozens of manufacturers from across the state gather at the State Capitol to showcase their businesses, state Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) led the unanimous and bipartisan passage in the Senate of a bill designed to recruit, train and hire more apprentices in Connecticut’s manufacturing industry. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130515.php 20E2E2FC-FDA7-4780-A45E-F077FF5F8218-877-000013AADD3D2DAE-FFA Wed, 15 May 2013 14:32:27 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today voted for a bill designed to protect homeowners and other consumers from private-sector price gouging during severe weather events like blizzards and hurricanes—weather events that Connecticut citizens have had to endure on a regular basis in recent years. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130508.php 7D1CCC83-C454-4E85-A769-C7BDA1BD932C-2121-000003F50555E2A0-FFA Wed, 08 May 2013 19:41:25 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today applauded the U. S. Senate for voting 69-27 in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which authorizes states that adhere to certain simplifications to require out-of-state retailers that have more than $1 million a year in out-of-state sales to collect and remit that state’s sales taxes. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130507.php 968452C5-4398-4387-A33C-B7C5F8917EE7-1109-00001A16170FD655-FFA Tue, 07 May 2013 16:31:56 -0400 State Sen. Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today celebrated the opening of a new regional animal shelter that he helped bring to fruition by securing a half-million state grant for the project. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130426.php 0ABD98E4-737A-4FB6-A65D-E0ACFECCF15E-11327-00001CCC1E155566-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:25:25 -0400 After hearing complaints from Ellington town officials, and vowing to help them, a bill introduced by state Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) which will lower costs for Ellington and other Connecticut towns today passed the Senate on a unanimous and bipartisan ‘consent’ vote. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130424.php C9A63E74-77AF-473C-8220-9147CF1322A9-1406-0000033698AAF89A-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:28:42 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor), who is co-chairman of the legislature’s bipartisan and bicameral Manufacturing Caucus, today issued a list of recommended bills to legislative leaders that the 40 Manufacturing Caucus members believe could boost Connecticut’s manufacturing industry. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130411a.php 468F4BBA-EBC4-4D67-9671-763BC7B90A48-56157-0000663FF379C5DF-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:56:48 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today announced that a “Heroes For Hire” veterans job fair will be held Tuesday, April 16 from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm at the Rentschler Field Ballroom in East Hartford. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130411.php 4BA16361-047C-47C0-AEE2-358171FB3CE8-4507-000004B6FF753980-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:09:18 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today joined the University of Connecticut and Pratt & Whitney to celebrate the opening of a new Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center at UConn, one of the most advanced additive manufacturing laboratories in the nation. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130405.php C5D15EA8-9835-40E9-BC69-A17EA4297965-2049-00000AD9979EFA36-FFA Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:01:22 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Windsor) today voted for a comprehensive package of firearms, school safety and mental health laws designed to increase public safety in the wake of the tragic Newtown shootings last December. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130403.php 082AD653-6B55-4F05-AEAF-5B94D7E62369-9915-000022C92B61A841-FFA Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:17:58 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) today led the effort to pass a bill which—if signed into law—would provide the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor with up to $3.5 million in state economic development grants to expand the museum and make it a larger, regional tourist destination. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130326.php EBE39782-9FC6-4991-8C93-1588A9B00FD4-4952-00000B571214B946-FFA Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:15:37 -0400 The chairmen of the legislature’s Commerce Committee today declared that a proposed bill to institute an excise tax on home heating oil in order to create a new energy efficiency fund is dead. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130321.php 621C5256-E72A-4942-9DC0-9F1A5EFF4B12-15126-00001ADCCAC41B19-FFA Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:50:48 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) today testified before the legislature’s Aging Committee in support of a bill that seeks $550,000 in state bonding to furnish and upgrade portions of Ellington’s new Senior Center, which is due to open early next year. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130226.php 27454DE1-5FF0-4F2F-A6BA-568B7256C34D-14008-00001A4A557A2612-FFA Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:45:47 -0500 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) issued the following statement today in support of President Barack Obama’s proposal to create of a national network of 15 ‘manufacturing hubs’ where businesses will partner with the Departments of Defense and Energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130215.php 73A9DB15-690F-4BBB-A713-BDB8F7643A85-21763-00001CF78D0C8104-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:40:22 -0500 On Saturday, February 9, 2013, state Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) will hold office hours in the Seminar Room of the South Windsor Public Library between 10:00 a.m. and Noon to meet and talk with residents from South Windsor, East Windsor and Ellington. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-130123.php EB46771F-2A85-4D46-AD38-9D58CD9E273B-9641-00000C5B9FF3B185-FFA Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:32:16 -0500 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) has been appointed vice-chairman of two legislative committees—Energy & Technology, and Finance, Revenue & Bonding—while retaining his chairmanship of the pro-business Commerce Committee. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121228.php 7DEC67CD-F951-4C72-A6E5-B4D565468E1A-11963-000015F4D8C198FC-FFA Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:17:08 -0500 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) and other members of the legislature‘s Manufacturing Caucus today saw first-hand some of the unique resources at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology’s (CCAT) Advanced Manufacturing Center in East Hartford. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121212.php 9FB2AA6B-633B-406D-8AD5-0E959CEEFA21-473-000000979FED30DA-FFA Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:02:25 -0500 East Hartford, South Windsor, Manchester and Coventry will share computer equipment and de-icing equipment with funds made possible by a new intertown capital equipment purchasing program which was created by the legislature in 2011 and funds for which were released today by the State Bond Commission. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121210.php E8FAEAD5-8BA5-4FE8-9EB6-C807F3B5F50D-1095-00001373B65FBD5F-FFA Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:32:24 -0500 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) today welcomed confirmation by Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s office that South Windsor has been approved for a $500,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grant to build a combination business incubator/emergency operations center in the former U.S. post office that adjoins town hall on Sullivan Avenue. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121105.php 5A23F5C1-8738-4F29-9145-051C5906DCE2-9513-000013609749453D-FFA Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:46:11 -0500 Ten years ago, Mike Richey’s neighbor complained about the smell of horse manure emanating from his small farm in Stafford. Today, Mike Richey and his wife Cindy hosted state Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) on a tour of their new Eagle Valley Eco Fuel factory in Ellington that is turning that troublesome horse manure into a new and profitable product: “Brickenmore” fire logs, fire bricks and fire starters. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121102.php FB54EBD9-A330-43E6-B6B1-FF2BC08D2678-5541-000017C6B5F6B9E7-FFA Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:34:01 -0400 State Senator Gary D. LeBeau (D-East Hartford) joined AT&T Connecticut today as the communications firm made a $5,000 donation to the Independent Transportation Network for the purpose of strengthening the group’s area transportation services for the elderly. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/lebeau-121012.php 94437A8F-8A3F-4930-9336-3D907EA3AED1-1102-0000125CF1C2B420-FFA Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:43:41 -0400