HARTFORD– In bipartisan collaboration, Rep. Marilyn Giuliano, R-23rd District, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook, has joined legislative Republicans and Democrats to adopt a deficit mitigation package that closes $1.2 billion of the budget deficit for the current fiscal year ending this June.The compromise between both parties included no cuts in state aid to cities [...]
By Marilyn Giuliano
One of the most interesting education proposals to surface recently is the idea of establishing middle colleges.
As proposed in the governor’s budget, the idea involves upgrading the Connecticut’s 17 technical high schools, linking them with the state’s 12 community colleges and encouraging high school students to earn college credits while still in high [...]
State Legislature’s Transportation Committee Considers Bills on Low-Speed Alternative Vehicles
At the urging of state Rep. Marilyn Giuliano, R-23rd District, Old Saybrook, the legislature’s Transportation Committee heard from numerous local residents telling how using golf carts in beach communities is good for neighborhoods, the elderly and the environment.
People traveled from shoreline communities to testify in person, [...]
By State Representative Marilyn Giuliano
Residential mortgage foreclosures in Connecticut are rising, along with mortgages in delinquency or pre-foreclosure. In Connecticut and the nation, homeowners have found that their mortgage payments are rising faster than their incomes can support. A root cause is the recent conduct of the subprime mortgage industry.
Subprime mortgages are high cost loans [...]
