HARTFORD- State Representative DebraLee Hovey, R-112, said on Monday, March 23, the state Recovery Working Group approved $9.2 million for projects proposed by the Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency (GBRPA). The agency’s current list of projects that may receive funding from the allocation includes the proposed reconstruction of Pepper Street in Monroe.
The state panel voted [...]
On Tuesday, March 31, State Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-Monroe, will host a local forum on the state budget crisis. The forum will take place in the Ehlers Meeting Room in the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, beginning at 6:00 pm.
The State of Connecticut faces a deficit of $8 billion for the next two fiscal years and [...]
HARTFORD —State Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-Monroe, has contacted state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s office to look into Monroe’s recent property tax revaluations. The Total Valuation LLC firm that performed the town’s revaluations also performed recently revaluations in the Washington and Torrington, CT that have proved controversial.
Rep. Hovey said many residents have contacted her office [...]
HARTFORD — On Wednesday, March 11, State Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-Monroe, participated in an informational hearing on a legislative proposal that would strip Roman Catholic Churches of control of their finances. More than 4,000 Connecticut Catholics, including those from St. Jude and St. Rose parishes in Monroe and St. Steven parish on the Trumbull-Monroe border, [...]
State Rep. DebraLee Hovey (R-Monroe, Newtown ) today said provisions that place deposit fees on bottled water in the recently approved deficit reduction package are short-sighted. Governor M. Jodi Rell signed the package into law on Tuesday, March 3.
Since 1979, state law has placed deposit fees on soda and beer. House Bill 6602 expands the [...]
State Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-112, recently toured the Southwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC) facilities in Trumbull. AHEC serves the Monroe community and Executive Director Meredith Ferraro is a town resident. Pictured, left to right, Terence Lowery, Health Careers Program Assistant; Bobbi Kulas: Health Careers Coordinator & Office Manager; Vani Anand: Oral Health Care Coordinator; [...]
