Connecticut hospitals won’t have to wait until the summer’s end as they originally feared to receive close to $300 million in supplemental state payments.
Keith M. Phaneuf
Keith has spent most of his four decades 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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UConn trustees act to avert another tuition hike — for now
While adopting a new budget that maintains the existing tuition schedule, University of Connecticut officials nonetheless expressed concerns Wednesday that declining state aid could soon be taking a toll on class sizes, academic aid and support services.
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Proposed UConn budget could lead to more tuition hikes by 2020
With tuition and fees already slated to rise next fiscal year at the University of Connecticut, the Board of Trustees will consider a new budget Wednesday that could leave the flagship university facing additional hikes a year or two down the road.
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Democrats sustain Malloy’s vetoes, frustrating Republican leaders
The General Assembly sustained all seven vetoes Monday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy issued following this year’s legislative session.
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Ruling enables CT to capture millions in taxes from online sales
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday opening the door for states to capture sales tax receipts for online and other remote transactions could help Connecticut capture more than $100 million annually in new revenues.
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Malloy warns Democrats veto overrides could hurt them at the polls
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy cautioned his fellow Democrats in the legislature Wednesday that pressing bills restricting the state bailout of Hartford and the governor’s authority over education aid could inflame urban voters at the wrong time.
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UConn Foundation chief to end five-year tenure in August
The leader of the University of Connecticut’s fundraising arm for the past five years will leave his post in mid-August to return to an executive fundraising post tied to Emory University in Atlanta.
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Labor report: Connecticut gained 4,100 jobs in May
Connecticut gained 4,100 jobs in May but its unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5 percent, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
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UConn tuition hike warning brings rebuke from top Republican
The top Republican in the state Senate is challenging a warning from University of Connecticut officials that further tuition hikes may be needed as soon as 2019 to offset declining state funding.
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Malloy’s fifth veto: The new DCF oversight bill
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a measure Wednesday that would have created a new, legislature-controlled, oversight council for the Department of Children and Families, calling it “a significant intrusion by the legislative branch” in executive authority.
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Report: State pension costs still could reach ‘unaffordable’ levels
Despite numerous reforms in recent years, state government’s pension costs still could reach “unaffordable” levels in the early 2030s, according to a new “stress test” analysis prepared for the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Feds OK first stage of new Connecticut hospital taxing system
Connecticut received a key approval Friday for a new hospital taxing arrangement designed to draw $150 million in new federal money annually into the state’s coffers.
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Malloy vetoes student suspension, election bills
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed two more bills Thursday, including a measure that would have created a new process for removing student from classrooms after a child or a teacher has been injured.
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Proposed CSCU budget would tap reserves to avert another tuition hike
A key panel within Connecticut’s consolidated higher education system endorsed the framework for a new budget Wednesday that maintains the tuition schedule but would reduce dangerously low emergency reserves.
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Malloy veto of education funding bill likely will stand
Legislative leaders are leaning against attempting to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s latest veto. The reason: they included what effectively amounts to duplicate language in a second bill the governor already has signed.