Archive for April, 2009
by: manderson
April 29, 2009
Rep. Noujaim thanks Skye Cable supporters for selecting him as the recipient of the Dennis M. Buckley Community Advocacy Award at the 2009 Skye Awards ceremony, which was held Sunday, April 26th at the Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School in Waterbury. Rep. Noujaim hosts The House Report, his cable access show, which is produced at Skye [...]
by: manderson
April 29, 2009
Rep. Noujaim speaks to 5th Grade students from the Margaret M. Generali Elementary School in Waterbury who had gathered in a hearing room at the Legislative Office Building at the State Capitol during an April 28th tour. The students sat in on a public hearing before the Labor and Public Employees Committee, and four of [...]
by: manderson
April 29, 2009
Tina Bajrami, a 5th Grade student at the Margaret M. Generali Elementary School in Waterbury, offers mock testimony before the state legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee during a tour of the Legislative Office Building at the State Capitol April 28th. Rep. Noujaim, the Labor Committee’s house Republican Leader, addressed Miss Bajrami ‘s class before [...]
State Representative Selim Noujaim and state Board of Education member Linda E. McMahon of Greenwich toured the Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School and other schools in Rep. Noujaim’s East End district April 27th.
“It was an honor for me to escort Linda McMahon on a tour of the Rotella Magnet School and several other schools in my [...]
HARTFORD—Rep. Selim Noujaim joined House and Senate Republicans today in unveiling an alternative balanced budget that eliminates substantial tax increases proposed by Democrats, while calling for concessions in health care and pension benefits from state workers that would save $662 million.
Further, the “No Tax Increase” budget described at a Capitol news conference today preserves vital [...]
by: manderson
April 15, 2009
The state House of Representatives has approved a bill originated by state Representative Selim Noujaim that would extend the time flags can be flown on veterans’ graves, Representative Noujaim said today.
by: manderson
April 8, 2009
All six train stations along the Waterbury Metro-North branch will receive a facelift as part of the federal stimulus package.
by: manderson
April 7, 2009
Representative Noujaim enjoys a light moment as he discusses the upcoming ‘government fair’ he hosted in April at Crosby High School on WATR’s Talk of the Town with Ed Flynn. Looking on are legislative interns Mikael Taweh and Stephanie Cummings, both of Waterbury. About 20 state, municipal and non-profit agencies participated in the event, which [...]