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Inside the 2025 Session: CRCOG’s Legislative, Recap, Highlights and Impact

June 24, 2025

The 2025 regular session of the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned on June 4, 2025. As an odd-numbered year, this was a “long session,” during which legislators may propose bills on…

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CT VIEWPOINTS: Opinion: Federal funding is crucial for a prosperous CT capital region

March 31, 2025

Federal funding is crucial for regional planning organizations like the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) and our member municipalities. These funds are pivotal in shaping our infrastructure, public safety, and economic…

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2024 CRCOG Connecticut Legislative Session Overview

May 20, 2024

On May 8, the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned the 2024 legislative session sine die. As an even-numbered year, 2024 was considered a budget revision or “short” session, in which individual…

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Working CRCOG’s Strategic Playbook

March 8, 2024

As I write this, NFL coaches Kyle Shanahan (San Francisco 49ers) and Andy Reid (Kansas City Chiefs) are finalizing their preparations for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Both coaches…

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CRCOG logo with a Connecticut map; the Capitol Region highlighted

Inside the 2025 Session: CRCOG’s Legislative, Recap, Highlights and Impact

June 24, 2025

The 2025 regular session of the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned on June 4, 2025. As an odd-numbered year, this was a “long session,” during which legislators may propose bills on…

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CRCOG logo with a Connecticut map; the Capitol Region highlighted

CT VIEWPOINTS: Opinion: Federal funding is crucial for a prosperous CT capital region

March 31, 2025

Federal funding is crucial for regional planning organizations like the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) and our member municipalities. These funds are pivotal in shaping our infrastructure, public safety, and economic…

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CRCOG logo with a Connecticut map; the Capitol Region highlighted

CRCOG’s 2025 Legislative Agenda prioritizes economic vitality, community development, infrastructure, road safety, transit, and other key policy goals

January 14, 2025

With the 2025 session of the General Assembly officially underway, our team at CRCOG is working to advance the policy objectives outlined in our 2025 CRCOG Legislative Agenda. Our ad…

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CRCOG logo with a Connecticut map; the Capitol Region highlighted

2024 CRCOG Connecticut Legislative Session Overview

May 20, 2024

On May 8, the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned the 2024 legislative session sine die. As an even-numbered year, 2024 was considered a budget revision or “short” session, in which individual…

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CRCOG logo with a Connecticut map; the Capitol Region highlighted

Working CRCOG’s Strategic Playbook

March 8, 2024

As I write this, NFL coaches Kyle Shanahan (San Francisco 49ers) and Andy Reid (Kansas City Chiefs) are finalizing their preparations for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Both coaches…

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Vision Zero and Complete Streets: Two Complimentary Strategies to Improve Safety 

April 4, 2023

Our 16-year-old daughter is learning to drive and part of me is terrified. I recognize that driving is a rite of passage in much of the US and I remember…

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CRCOG’s 2023 Legislative Agenda Focused on Service Sharing, Infrastructure Funding, and other Key Policy Goals

January 9, 2023

One of the things CRCOG does on an annual basis is to prepare a Legislative Agenda for submission to the state’s General Assembly. The Legislative Agenda consists of a set…

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