The $51.1 billion budget that the General Assembly approved this week for the next two fiscal years includes more than $6.2 billion in statutory formula grants for municipalities and regional school districts, an average of more than $3.1 billion per year.

See how funding has changed for your town in the chart below.

Keith has spent most of his 31 years as a reporter specializing in state government finances, analyzing such topics as income tax equity, waste in government and the complex funding systems behind Connecticut’s transportation and social services networks. He has been the state finances reporter at CT Mirror since it launched in 2010. Prior to joining CT Mirror Keith was State Capitol bureau chief for The Journal Inquirer of Manchester, a reporter for the Day of New London, and a former contributing writer to The New York Times. Keith is a graduate of and a former journalism instructor at the University of Connecticut.