HARTFORD — Rep. John Rigby has offered his support to legislation that would see the Department of Transportation make the repair of deteriorating railroad beds on state roads more of a priority. Rigby, of Colebrook, recently offered testified in support of S.B. 344, An Act Concerning the Upgrade or Elimination of Hazardous Railroad Crossings at [...]
State Rep. John Rigby looks forward to meeting with his Colebook constituents April 5 during office hours at Town Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Rigby, a Colebrook resident, invites constituents to share concerns, ideas and ask questions. He’ll provide information about the last legislation session as well as the current one. Rigby has invited [...]
Rep. John Rigby spent a bit of time with vo-ag students from Housatonic Valley Regional High School today during agriculture day at the Capitol. Rigby, of Colebrook, talked about a few of the hot topics up for discussion among lawmakers. Students took particular interest in a bill regarding wood-burning furnaces. The students and Rigby also [...]
HARTFORD — State Rep. John Rigby looks forward to meeting with constituents Feb. 1 during office hours at Douglas Library in North Canaan from 5 to 7 p.m. The Northwest Corner legislator wants to hear directly from North Canaan residents on issues that matter most to them. Douglas Library is located at 108 Main St. [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. John Rigby and his colleagues today renewed their efforts to dump costly state mandates that are taxing towns and cities, including delaying new in-school suspension rules and redefining the age of juvenile offenders. They plan to raise the subject during a legislative session next week. The majority-party budget approved Sept. 1 imposes [...]
WINSTED — What will another tax on businesses do to manufacturers in this community and others throughout the state? One thing is for certain: It won’t help them create jobs for thousands of unemployed people in Connecticut. That was the message from business leaders here at Alcoa Howmet recently, when Republican state Reps. John Rigby, [...]
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she has signed a bill that would help save the state’s $1 billion dairy industry and preserve valuable farmland by providing direct aid for the next two years to farmers struggling with historically low milk prices and high production costs. “Dairy farms are an irreplaceable part of our landscape [...]
CANAAN—State Rep. John Rigby got a tour of Geer early Friday, when he spent a couple of hours going room-to-room to meet residents and staffers. Geer is an important part of this community, and the entire Northwest Corner. The company, is a family of five inter-related, non-profit, non-sectarian and community-owned corporation. It’s staffed by professionals [...]
