Newsroom 2011
September 28, 2011
REP. WALKER INVITES RESIDENTS TO OPEN OFFICE HOURS
State Representative Toni Walker will meet with constituents on the third Tuesday of each month through December during open office hours to discuss issues affecting the 93rd Assembly District. READ MORE
May 11, 2011
REP. WALKER PUSHES QUALITY EDUCATION
Rep. Toni Walker, House Chair of Appropriations Committee, today met with Mothers for Justice and other education and social services advocates at the State Capitol to discuss improving access to quality education. READ MORE
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May 5, 2011
TOUGH BUT FAIR BUDGET YIELDS ADDITIONAL STATE DOLLARS FOR NEW HAVEN
New Haven will receive millions in state aid above what it received last year in the new state budget supported by Democrats in the legislature and signed by the governor. READ MORE
April 21, 2011
RESPONSIBLE, REALISTIC BUDGET APPROVED BY COMMITTEE
Rep. Toni Walker and State Senator Toni N. Harp (D-New Haven), co-chairs of the legislature's Appropriations Committee, hailed their committee's work on the state spending plan. READ MORE
March 15, 2011
MEDICAL MARIJUANA WOULD EASE PATIENT SUFFERING
Rep. Toni Walker reacts to the heartbreaking and empowering stories told by people with serious diseases who have used marijuana to ease their symptoms. Legislation to allow the use of marijuana by people with debilitating medical conditions was the subject of a Judiciary Committee public hearing.
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February 8, 2011
BETTER CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS, COST SAVINGS FOR STATE
Says CT Now Has Executive Leadership That Will Help Achieve Health Care Goals
House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan today said health care initiatives announced by Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman “do exactly what Democrats in the legislature have attempted for years – putting health care management in the right hands (primary care doctors) and achieving significant cost savings for the state – perhaps as much as $75 million.” READ MORE
January 31, 2011
WALKER MAKES CASE FOR SNAP
Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, asked the Office of Legislative Research how the state can do a better job of expanding services to families in need, especially those that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. READ MORE
January 19, 2011
PROGRESS IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
Connecticut will never be the economic powerhouse it can and should be so long as we spend more money on incarceration than we do on higher education. We are literally investing in failure. READ MORE