Beach access is protected by the First Amendment, but that doesn’t include parking. So towns jacked up the cost for nonresidents to park.
Keith M. Phaneuf
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.
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Lamont urges lawmakers not to overreach on tax cuts
Gov. Ned Lamont advised lawmakers to “follow the rules of the road” by sticking with budgetary safety net they established in 2017.
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Committee passes $24.2 billion budget to push CT past pandemic
The plan makes unprecedented new investments in child care while fully funding the state’s contracting watchdog agency for the first time.
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Lawmakers challenge Lamont to go bigger on property tax relief
The Finance Committee approved bills that increase – and broaden – property and child tax credits for Connecticut residents.
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Lawmakers move closer to new tax break for families with kids
The bill would create a new $600-per-child credit for low and middle income families.
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Lamont defends deal with state employees as way to preserve services
The deal allows state workers to collect 70% of their bonuses and still retire before more stringent pension benefits kick in July 1.
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Tax relief expected to dominate CT legislature’s budget plan this week
Lawmakers are expected to endorse income tax cuts for the working poor and middle class, as well as a new child tax credit.
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State unions ratify contracts granting raises and $3,500 bonuses
Gov. Ned Lamont will ask lawmakers to approve large bonuses as workers retire from state government in increasing numbers.
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GOP to Lamont: Take Biden to court to expand tax relief for CT residents
Republicans want CT to join other states in challenging federal rules that limit the state’s ability to cut taxes this year.
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Lamont’s first ad: Accurate on fiscal turnaround, less so on taxes
An incumbent buoyed by a surplus, Gov. Ned Lamont’s first TV commercial exploits Connecticut’s newfound political asset — the budget.
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CT contracting watchdog clears key hurdle to add investigative staff
The measure also would expand the board’s authority to probe quasi-public agencies and would shield it from emergency budget cuts.
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Fuel tax holiday could stick CT gas stations with a big bill
Gasoline will be cheaper for CT consumers on Friday, but gas stations that fill up their own tanks this week might be selling it at a loss.
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House, Senate unanimously approve CT gas tax holiday
Legislators approved a plan to provide $100 million in fuel, bus fare and sales tax relief to consumers this spring.
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One year’s CT budget surplus could top entire rainy day fund
State officials are feeling the pressure to share CT’s swelling budget reserves with struggling households and businesses.
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CT’s government was once broke. Is it now holding too much cash?
After two years of a pandemic that battered educational and health care, businesses and households, should CT be spending more to help?