Senate President Martin Looney

27/08/2026

🎒✏️ Back to school is here!

Wishing Connecticut students, teachers, and families a great school year ahead. Here’s to a year filled with learning, growth, and success! 📚🍎

26/08/2026

Today, on Women’s Equality Day, we honor the women who fought for the right to vote and paved the way for generations to come. The progress is worth celebrating, but the work is not finished. We must stay involved, use our voices and continue fighting for the next generations.

18/08/2026

I’m proud to welcome $350,000 in state funding for high-quality special education programming in , made possible through Senate Democrats’ flagship education legislation. This investment will expand services for students with additional needs while helping ease the financial pressure that special education costs can place on our schools. I’m grateful to Governor Lamont and the legislature for investing in New Haven students and strengthening the support our schools can provide.

17/08/2026

🛍️ The weeklong sales tax holiday that began Sunday applies to most clothing and footwear purchases priced under $300—an increase from the previous $100 limit.

Additionally, as of July 1, Connecticut no longer charges sales tax on traditional school supplies year-round. Items such as pens, pencils, crayons, notebooks, paper, folders, binders, lunch boxes, and more are now exempt from sales tax.

14/08/2026

Connecticut Republican leaders did the right thing, and they deserve credit for it. Faced with a candidate who called for the transgender and LGBT community to be treated as people who have, in his words, corrupted our families and eroded the foundational values of our society, and who went so far as to suggest that LGBTQ people should face ex*****on, they refused to stay silent. That is how leaders are supposed to respond to hatred, and I commend them for it. But we should not comfort ourselves with the thought that this issue has been resolved.

My full statement: https://bit.ly/4xC8z7f

12/08/2026

11/08/2026

🗳️ Exercise your right to vote today! Primary polls are open until 8 PM. Find your polling location at myvote.ct.gov and make your voice heard!

10/08/2026

Happy National Connecticut Day! 💙💛
Today, we celebrate the people, communities, history, and values that make Connecticut such a special place to call home.

04/08/2026

Beginning today, eligible Connecticut residents who lost SNAP benefits due to the Republican federal budget will be sent a one-time $300 grocery benefit through a prepaid virtual grocery card. CT Democrats won't stand by while Republicans in Washington take away vital assistance from our communities.

03/08/2026

🗳️ Primary early voting is underway across Connecticut! Vote early August 3–9 and make your voice heard. Find your polling place at myvote.ct.gov.