CT will spend $70 million of the emergency surplus funds it set aside to partly offset the looming loss of millions in ACA subsidies.
Mark Pazniokas
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
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Lamont frames controversial housing bill as key to an affordable CT
The ceremonial signing of HB8002 was a part of a campaign narrative casting the governor’s June veto of a housing bill as key to its revision.
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Erin Stewart is testing CT GOP’s appetite for ‘something different’
Is Connecticut’s Grand Old Party ready to be led by a firefighter’s salty daughter? Erin Stewart is betting it is.
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Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney files for reelection
Martin Looney, a lawmaker for 45 years and the top Senate leader for a decade, filed papers that make him a candidate for reelection at 77.
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John Healey departing as CT Senate GOP chief of staff
Healey’s support for Erin Stewart’s campaign for governor puts him at odds with a caucus committed to her GOP rival, Sen. Ryan Fazio.
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AG to CT court: Some General Assembly records aren’t public
The AG’s office argues that all records relating to the “legitimate … activities” of the CT legislature are exempt from public disclosure.
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Special election set for Jan. 13 in 139th House District
The special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of state Rep. Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, will be held Jan. 13.
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CT House Speaker Matt Ritter to seek unprecedented 4th term
For Ritter, the decision reflects a conclusion that he retains support to continue as speaker, even as it frustrates the ambitions of others.
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Ned Lamont’s solid approval rating holding up, new poll shows
CT voters give Ned Lamont a solid approval rating, but a significant minority are “indifferent or neutral” about him serving a third term.
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CT state Rep. Kevin Ryan dies in hospice at 73
Rep. Kevin Ryan, a Montville Democrat who served in the state House of Representatives through the tenures of five governors, died Sunday.
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Special election set for Jan. 6 in New Britain’s 25th House District
A special election to elect a successor to former state Rep. Bobby Sanchez in the 25th House District of New Britain will be held Jan. 6.
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Erin Stewart kicks off campaign for CT governor
Erin Stewart is kicking off her campaign for CT governor with an on-brand, slightly cheeky video emphasizing her blue-collar roots.
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Today, the curtain goes up on Ned Lamont’s bid for a third term
Gov. Ned Lamont has events planned Friday to define himself as central to continuing a fiscal recovery brought to life on his watch.
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House OKs bills to buy Waterbury Hospital, curb ICE activities
The approval of the bills was preceded by an all-day debate and party-line vote on a revised version of an omnibus CT housing bill.
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Sworn as New Britain mayor, Bobby Sanchez resigns from CT House
Sanchez, a Democrat who has represented the 25th House District since 2011, was elected mayor last week, succeeding Republican Erin Stewart.