Analysts say surging tax revenues will soften a big deficit this year and dramatically shrink shortfalls over the next biennium.
November 10, 2020 @ 5:15 pm
Posted inMoney
House Democrats ready to expand borrowing to protect state programs amid pandemic
With state finances deep in debt, House Democrats want to increase borrowing to take advantage of low interest rates.
Posted inPolitics
Mistake in Wallingford flips results in 90th House District
Corrected results show Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, deemed the loser last week, with a 21-vote win over Democrat Jim Jinks.
Posted inMoney
Democrats have the numbers, but Lamont has the edge in next CT budget debate
Democratic legislators expanded their majorities Tuesday, but complex fiscal rules favor Gov. Ned Lamont in the next budget debate.
Posted inHealth
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the ACA today. What happens in CT if the law is struck down?
In Connecticut, health officials say that if the ACA falls, the impact could be devastating.
Posted inStudent Voice
Can the big yellow school bus make it out of the pandemic alive?
As someone who grew up in Connecticut and someone who rode the big yellow school bus for years, I can’t imagine those big yellow buses out of business. When students were transitioned to remote learning, buses remained idle for months. Even though the virus created a budget deficit, state and local governments should have required all Connecticut public schools to pay private bus companies.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Domestic violence is a public health crisis
My name is Jenn Lawlor and I am the mother of both a murdered child as well as a young son shattered in the devastation of gun violence.