Gilbert Poly-Sci Students Get Budget Briefing
WINSTED — Rep. John Rigby stopped by The Gilbert School this morning to chat with a classroom full of political science students. The teenagers invited Rigby to the school to discuss the state budget. Finance Committee member Rigby, of Colebrook, started by explaining the process used to build state’s biennial spending plan. From there, Rigby [...]
Rigby Attends Family Resource Center Dinner
WINSTED — Rep. John Rigby participated in a “Thanks for Giving” celebration organized by the Winsted Family Resource Center, held tonight at the Batcheller Early Education Center. Director Ruthann Horvay thanked Rigby for his advocacy efforts to preserve funding for family resource centers, the finances of which have been threatened by the state’s budget woes. [...]
Rigby Participates in Graduation for Alma Mater
TORRINGTON — Rep. John Rigby participated in graduation tonight for Northwestern Regional School seniors during a ceremony at the Warner Theatre. Rigby, a Northwestern graduate himself, stood on stage and congratulated students along with officials from the four communities the school serves: Norfolk, New Hartford, Colebrook and Barkhamsted. Days earlier, Rigby presented top students (pictured [...]
Rigby, Fedele in the Northwest Corner to Promote Reading
COLEBROOK — Rep. John Rigby gave Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele a hand today in kicking off an annual summer reading program from Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Rigby joined Fedele on several stops in the Northwest Corner, starting bright and early at Colebrook Consolidated School. From there, the elected officials moved to Hartland and Winsted. Fedele [...]
State Senate Approves Legislation from Rigby to Help NCCC Nursing Program
HARTFORD — Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted moved a step closer today to application for federal money to jump-start its nursing program when state senators approved legislation crafted by state Rep. John Rigby. The state senate adopted H.B. 6336, An Act Concerning Nurses Pursuing Advanced Degrees, which carried an amendment submitted by Rigby during a March [...]
Rigby Against Mandate Installing Students on School Boards
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. John Rigby said today.
Colebrook resident Rigby does not support legislation that would do just that. A bill debated Tuesday in the [...]
Rigby Talks Legislative Business with Region 7 Students
WINSTED — Marijuana decriminalization and leg-hold animal traps were among the topics discussed recently when Rep. John Rigby visited a class at Northwestern Regional School. Rigby, a graduate of the school, talked a bit about his background before touching off debate among students on a variety of issues that have come before Connecticut’s legislature this [...]
Rigby, Students Discuss State Budget Issues
WINSTED — Rep. John Rigby met tonight with students from a child development class at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, where he fielded questions about how state’s fiscal crisis and the governor’s budget proposal would affect educational institutions throughout Connecticut. Many of the students were parents, and their questions centered on how local budget issues that [...]
Rigby Votes to Preserve Current-Year Education Funds
Last week state Rep. John Rigby didn’t like what he saw in a deficit mitigation proposal that would have slashed education funds for schools throughout her district so he pushed for changes. Legislators gathered at the Capitol to close a current-year deficit of roughly $1.35 billion. The original proposal from majority Democrats would have reduced [...]
