Newsroom 2013

October 31, 2013
RAYMOND LIBRARY EXPANSION PROJECT BEGINS
Rep. Henry Genga gathered with other state and local officials Thursday in East Hartford for a ground-breaking ceremony for an $8 million renovation and expansion of the Raymond Public Library. The project will transform the current 48,000 square feet of library space by adding 14,000 more square feet with new meeting and computer rooms, a teen section, and museum artifacts from the town's aerospace and tobacco farming history incorporated throughout the building. READ THE HARTFORD COURANT ARTICLE

October 31, 2013
RAYMOND LIBRARY RENOVATION PROJECT
State legislators for East Hartford joined Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Thursday at Raymond Public Library to hail the groundbreaking of an $8.7 million expansion and renovation project, financed in part by $4 million in state grants. READ MORE

October 3, 2013
REP. GENGA JOINS OFFICIALS TO CUT RIBBON ON GOODWIN COLLEGE CENTER
Rep. Henry Genga praises Goodwin College for its investment in the community at a ribbon cutting of the college's new dental and ophthalmic science center in East Hartford. READ THE REMINDER NEWS ARTICLE

June 21, 2013
EAST HARTFORD LAWMAKERS WELCOME $3 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS FOR TOWN
Representatives Henry Genga, Tim Larson and Jason Rojas hailed $3 million in state funding approved Friday by the State Bond Commission for a flood plain study in East Hartford's Willow Brook area and revitalization of its neighborhoods and housing. READ MORE

June 4, 2013
CONNECTICUT BECOMES LATEST STATE TO ESTABLISH BLUE ALERT SYSTEM
On Oct. 1, the Blue Alert system takes effect in Connecticut, which becomes the 17th state to establish the system designed to notify the public when a law enforcement officer has been killed, seriously injured or missing, and a suspect, considered an imminent threat, is still at large. Rep. Henry Genga initiated and led passage of the legislation that established the system after a police officer in Genga’s General Assembly district told him what other states had done to combat crime and protect citizens as well as law enforcement officers. READ THE HARTFORD COURANT ARTICLE

May 29, 2013
REP. GENGA’S BLUE ALERT LEGISLATION IS ENACTED
Rep. Henry Genga praised the establishment of a Blue Alert system for Connecticut, which will notify the public when a law enforcement officer has been killed, seriously injured or missing, and a suspect, considered an imminent threat, is still at large. Genga introduced the legislation for creating the system after a constituent, an East Hartford police officer, approached him and discussed the need for Blue Alerts in Connecticut. READ MORE

May 22, 2013
HOUSE APPROVES SWIMMING POOL SAFETY BILL
State legislators Jason Rojas, Joe Diminico and Henry Genga, who represent East Hartford and Manchester where two high school students drowned last year in separate swimming pool accidents at their schools, joined their colleagues as the House of Representatives approved a bill that establishes a uniform pool safety policy. READ MORE

May 21, 2013
EAST HARTFORD LAWMAKERS HERALD $2 MILLION FOR TOWN’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING
As part of a $13.8 million state initiative for affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization programs throughout the state, the East Hartford Housing Authority is in line to receive $2 million to acquire, rehabilitate and redevelop blighted housing. READ MORE

May 15, 2013
BLUE ALERT BILL OK'D, SENT TO MALLOY FOR SIGNATURE
Legislation initiated and championed by Rep. Henry Genga that would create a Blue Alert system to help in the apprehension of dangerous criminals gains unanimous approval by both chambers of the legislature and is sent to the governor. READ MORE

May 1, 2013
BILL CREATING BLUE ALERT SYSTEM ADVANCES
Rep. Henry Genga brings out on the floor of the House of Representatives legislation he sponsored that would establish a Blue Alert system. The bill was passed unanimously. READ MORE

April 20, 2013
CROSS-ENDORSEMENTS PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES
When it comes to democracy, no one does it better than Connecticut. Let's keep it that way. READ MORE

April 4, 2013
LEGISLATION TO CREATE BLUE ALERTS GETS COMMITTEE OK
Rep. Henry Genga, who has initiated and co-sponsored a bill to create a Blue Alert system, praises the legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee’s passage of the bill, which now heads to the full House of Representatives. READ MORE

March 22, 2013
EAST HARTFORD LAWMAKER NAMED TO MORE COMMISSION
State Rep. Henry Genga has been appointed by Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey to serve on the MORE Commission’s subcommittee that will examine municipal taxation. READ MORE

March 18, 2013
REP. GENGA RECEIVES PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
The East Hartford Chamber of Commerce has named Rep. Henry Genga the recipient of the organization’s Public Service Award for 2013. READ MORE

February 22, 2013
PROPOSED LAW WOULD BAN SMOKING IN CARS CARRYING YOUNG CHILDREN
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban drivers from smoking while small children are inside the vehicle. READ MORE

February 20, 2013
BANNING SMOKING IN CARS WITH CHILDREN
Rep. Henry Genga testified today before the Connecticut Legislature’s Transportation Committee in support of a bill that would ban smoking in cars contain children 6 years old or younger.

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February 19, 2013
TRANSPORTATION BILLS: OPEN HOV LANES AT RUSH HOUR; BAN SMOKING IN CARS WITH KIDS; REQUIRE DRIVERS TO KNOW CPR
State legislators will hear public opinion Wednesday on proposals to ban smoking in cars with young passengers, open the HOV lanes to any drivers at afternoon rush hour, and require annual inspections for high-mileage vehicles. READ MORE