HARTFORD—More men and women who left high school for service in the armed forces prior to their graduation could soon be eligible for diplomas.
State Rep. Themis Klarides tonight voted for House Bill 6687, An Act Concerning Various Revisions to the Education Statutes—a bill that would permit local or regional boards of educations to award diplomas [...]
HARTFORD—State government should not be an insurance company.
But that’s what a bill Rep. Themis Klarides voted against tonight would do—put the state solidly in the insurance business. For nearly seven hours members of the state’s House of Representatives debated the merits the proposed Connecticut Healthcare Partnership, a proposal that would open up the state’s [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. Themis Klarides took time last week to chat with fourth graders from from Race Brook School in Orange. They were at the Capitol for a tour.
HARTFORD – High school students often provide useful perspective during debates on educational issues but that doesn’t mean the state should force local and regional officials to give them seats on school boards, Rep. Themis Klarides said today.
Derby resident Klarides does not support legislation that would do just that. A bill debated Tuesday in the [...]
WOODBRIDGE — Amity High School teenagers got a dose of sobering information today about drugs, alcohol and sexual assaults during a question-and-answer session featuring Rep. Themis Klarides as well as law enforcement, counseling and health care professionals. The eight panelists participated in multiple sessions, each with 60 or so students. Klarides, the area’s longtime representative [...]
HARTFORD—Rep. Themis Klarides has thrown her support behind an alert system designed to help find senior citizens and disabled adults who go missing.
A bill creating a “Silver Alert” system received unanimous approval in the state’s House of Representatives late today. The senate had already approved the legislation, which now goes to Gov. M. Jodi [...]
WOODBRIDGE — Bugs, baseball and government: just a few of the topics covered by Rep. Themis Klarides today during a visit to Beecher Road School. Klarides started the hour-long session by asking the children a few questions about local and state government, and many of the students talked about their local officials as well as [...]
Deputy House Republican Leader Themis Klarides (R-114) joined House and Senate Republicans today as they proposed an alternative balanced budget that eliminates massive Democratic taxes, preserves vital programs and services at 2007 levels, and greatly reduces government costs through cuts, agency mergers, retirements and salary and benefit concessions. The proposal requires no reduction to municipal [...]
