Blumenthal said the group of Democratic lawmakers will be “haunted” by what they saw on the U. S .-Mexico border.
July 19, 2019
Posted inPolitics
Speaker: House will vote to override Lamont veto — even without Senate support
The House will vote Monday to override Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of legislation crucial to an ongoing legal battle between restaurants and their workers — regardless of whether the Senate supports it.
Posted inHealth
Planned Parenthood in CT rejects federal funding under new Trump rules
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England will forfeit about $2.1 million annually by rejecting the federal money.
Posted inMoney
Lamont, Democrats struggling to reach deal on new bonding plan
Gov. Ned Lamont and his fellow Democrats are sparring once again over Connecticut’s credit card.
Posted inCities & Towns, News
Solution: Sell off state properties in Hartford
In the years since the state purchased office buildings in Hartford, the MetroHartford Alliance, realty brokers, and others have called for “sale-leaseback” transactions to get them back on the property-tax rolls.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Your solution is taxes; mine is tolls
Toni Boucher and her former Republican colleagues are pushing a “solution” to Connecticut’s transportation funding woes with their go to strategy of borrowing more money. Excessive borrowing used to be anathema to the Republican Party. What happened? Do Republicans, like Boucher, think they can hide the real cost of more borrowing? Connecticut taxpayers know better. They will be paying increased taxes for decades to come with the Republican’s debt plan.