HARTFORD—State Rep. John Piscopo criticized House Democrats today for voting to give their gubernatorial candidate, Dan Malloy, an additional $3 million in state-supplied campaign funds. Piscopo said that House Democrats have overextended themselves and Connecticut, which is facing a roughly $4 billion budget hole. And unfortunately, he said, the majority party continues to ignore the [...]

Once again Connecticut is offering a Sales Tax Holiday from Aug. 15 through Aug. 21. The one-week event eliminates Connecticut’s 6 percent sales tax on all clothing and footwear costing less than $300 per item from the third Sunday in August through the following Saturday. The increased exemption replaces the standard $50 exemption for clothing [...]

HARTFORD —The state recently launched the nation’s first statewide emergency notification system allowing public safety officials to communicate with residents, but people throughout Connecticut must register for the program to reach its full potential, Rep. John Piscopo said recently. Piscopo, who represents Thomaston, Harwinton, Burlington and Litchfield, urged his constituents to register for CT Alert [...]

Rep. John Piscopo today participated in an Eagle Scout Court of honor held at the Canton Community Center for Region 10 student Stephen Sikora. More than three dozen people were there, and Piscopo described the Burlington resident an exemplary young man. Piscopo talked about the challenges facing the state’s residents right now, challenges that certainly [...]