The governor would limit damages faced by restaurants that relied on DOL advice in calculating wages.
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GOP leaders want Lamont to loosen development grants for small towns
The GOP wants the Lamont administration to release long-stalled financing for a program designed to help small towns’ economic development initiatives.
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On transportation, a moment of bipartisanship
Democratic and Republican leaders were upbeat after a briefing by U.S. transportation officials about the potential for below-market federal financing for transportation improvements.
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Lamont: Don’t even think about spending projected surplus
Gov. Ned Lamont used his routine, monthly budget forecast to warn the General Assembly against even thinking about spending the projected surplus.
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Lamont administration limits tax hike on prepared meals
The revisions essentially tell supermarkets to only collect the sales tax on items now taxable.
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Lamont brings greetings, not cash, to housing conference
They were happy to see him. But funding would have been nicer.
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Labor Department: CT added 2,800 jobs in August
Connecticut added 2,800 jobs in August but its unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
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Three words. Big argument on what they mean.
Republicans and Democrats dug in Wednesday on whether Connecticut law clearly defines what is a meal subject to the sales tax.
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Lamont: Prepared food tax hike will be narrowed in scope
Gov . Ned Lamont said his budget office already has begun scaling back the range of items that would be subject to the surcharge.
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Feds to brief legislators on transportation funding alternatives
The Lamont administration hopes that a show-and-tell by the feds can restart a debate on how to finance transportation.
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Senate Dems say tax officials inflated prepared foods levy
Senate Democrats backed away Monday from the new sales tax surcharge on prepared foods, saying it is far broader in scope than lawmakers intended.
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Nursing home vacancies test Lamont’s relationship with labor
A new policy designed to eliminate unused beds in nursing homes has put Gov. Ned Lamont at odds with a key part of his base, Connecticut’s largest healthcare workers’ union.
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Insurance department approves smaller premium hikes for Anthem, ConnectiCare
State officials approved smaller rate hikes than those sought for policies on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange.
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Prepared food tax will hit consumers harder than lawmakers thought
A controversial tax hike on prepared foods will rake in $158 million over next two years.
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Lamont gives nursing homes a temporary reprieve
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration offered nine embattled nursing homes a brief reprieve Thursday from deep, ordered cuts in state funding. The Department of Social Services effectively suspended plans to reduce one-and-a-half months’ worth of funding to these homes, which have large numbers of vacant beds.