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John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American former politician, author, and radio host who served as the 86th governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004.. Rowland served three terms representing Connecticut's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991.
The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and to convene the legislature. [2]
The state comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut.The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly ...
The name "Connecticut" originated with the Mohegan word quonehtacut, meaning "place of long tidal river". [59] Connecticut's official nickname is "The Constitution State", adopted in 1959 and based on its colonial constitution of 1638–1639 which was the first in America and, arguably, the world. [1]
The agency was created on July 1, 2011, by the merging of two other state agencies, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control. [1] Daniel C. Esty was appointed as commissioner of the DEEP upon its creation in July 2011. Rob Klee served as commissioner of the department from ...
Name: Town: Term of service: Years of service: Edward Hopkins Hartford 1639–1641 2 yrs. Thomas Welles Hartford 1641–1648 7 yrs. John Cullick Hartford, O 1648–1658 10 yrs. Daniel Clark: Windsor, O 1658–1664, 1665–1667 8 yrs. John Allyn Hartford, O 1664–1665, 1667–1696 30 yrs. Eleazer Kimberly: Glastonbury, O 1696–1709 13 yrs ...
Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG) Greater Bridgeport and Valley MPO: Bridgeport: Matthew Fulda 327,651: 140.2 sq mi (363 km 2) Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 130: Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) (Same) Middletown: Samuel S. Gold 176,215: 424.1 sq mi (1,098 km 2)
Although Connecticut is divided into counties, there are no county-level governments, and local government in Connecticut exists solely at the municipal level. [2] Almost all functions of county government were abolished in Connecticut in 1960, [3] except for elected county sheriffs and their departments under them. Those offices and their ...