Category: Politics

Yaccarino Pushes for Biotechnology and Bioscience Investment Tax Credit
This bill would seek to provide individual investors, corporations, and venture capital firms with tax credits for investments made to qualified biotechnology and bioscience companies within Connecticut.

Two Quinnipiac University School of Law professors to discuss ‘Changing Immigration Law and Policy’ on March 28
John Thomas, a professor at the School of Law and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac, and Sheila Hayre, an adjunct law professor at Quinnipiac, will discuss the Trump administration’s modifications to previous immigration law and policy, including litigation concerning both versions of the administration’s “travel ban.”

Yaccarino on North Haven’s “The QShow”
The segment will air on channel 20 in North Haven on public access television.

Yaccarino Statement on Governor Malloy’s Budget Proposal
State Representative Dave Yaccarino issued the following statement in response to Governor Malloy’s budget proposal.

Senate & House Republicans Offer Plan to Restore Nearly $20 Million in Education Funding, Eliminate FY 2017 Budget Deficit
The proposal would allow the state to restore $18.9 million in Education Cost Sharing funding that was cut by the administration in December and also close the current budget deficit of $11.9 million as estimated by the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Yaccarino: 2017 Legislative Session
I am eager to get to work and honored to once again serve all the people of North Haven.

Quinnipiac University medical school students to gather today to call U.S. senators to block repeal of the Affordable Care Act
The students will gather in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, MNH 204, on Quinnipiac’s North Haven Campus, 370 Bassett Road, to activate a Doctors for America phone bank.

Opening Day Remarks from Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano
Sen. Fasano was reelected to represent the 34th Senate District including the towns of Durham, East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford.

Rep. Yaccarino Assigned to Legislative Committees
Yaccarino took the oath of office and was sworn in by Secretary of State Denise Merrill in the State House Chamber.

“Breakfast with the Legislators”
This year’s Breakfast will be held Saturday, January 21, 9:00-11:00 am, Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden.

State Lawmakers Meet with UConn Students & Prospective Students in North Haven
Sen. Fasano, Rep. Candelora, Rep. Yaccarino, Rep. Mushinsky & Rep. Albis attend UConn Prospective Student Event at North Haven High School.

North Haven resident meets Ron Insana of CNBC and MSNBC
Following a turbulent election season, some students are feeling anxious. Ron Insana, a contributor to Comcast NBCUniversal’s networks CNBC and MSNBC, came to Quinnipiac University on Nov. 16, to put them at ease.