The CT budget proposal features an income tax cut and boosts funding to local schools. The Senate is expected to debate the bill on Tuesday.
CT House adopts $51B budget with big middle-class tax cut
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Aside from cutting taxes, this budget could decide who runs for AG
Deep in the CT budget bill passed by the House of Representatives is a provision that could affect who can run for attorney general in 2026.
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Connecticut’s pride bubble
As we kick off Pride Month, however, we must acknowledge that this is a dark time nationally for LGBTQ people.
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Baby bonds are a landmark step
We are excited to see this landmark legislation that shows Connecticut’s leadership in critical efforts toward more equitable and just economic opportunity in the state.
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Investing in education can change a kindergartener’s life
I urge our elected leaders to fully fund H.B. 5003 in this biennium budget.
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CT House clears bill requiring police to explain why they stop drivers
The legislation requires law enforcement to verbally communicate to drivers the purpose of a stop before it is completed.
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CT passes bill focused on expanding kids’ mental health services
The bill includes provisions to support mental health care for children, public libraries, and play-based learning.
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Lamont, CT hospitals reach deal to lower health care costs
The deal would, among other things, ban certain terms in contracts between health care providers and insurers deemed ‘anti-competitive.’
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PODCAST: New Farm Bill could help diversify CT’s agricultural sector
WSHU spoke with CT Mirror’s Lisa Hagen to discuss her article on how the federal Farm Bill could help Connecticut farmers.
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CT House passes bill to reform energy regulation
A bill that embraces the adversarial stance adopted by Connecticut’s top regulator in utility rate cases won final passage Monday in the House.
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For progress, FOIA laws should exempt researchers, not public servants
It’s wrong to think that any modification to the Freedom of Information Act poses a threat to the free press or our First Amendment rights.
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REGISTER: CT Mirror’s 2023 legislative session recap
CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas sits down with John Dankosky to recap the Connecticut General Assembly’s 2023 legislative session and answer your questions.
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CT never spent $30 million it reserved to help the poor stay warm this winter
Money lawmakers set aside for the CT Energy Assistance Program remains unspent, even though requests for help were up 24% this winter.
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Connecticut’s 2023 legislative session ends this week. Here’s what to know
Over the last five months, CT lawmakers have debated bills surrounding aid-in-dying, zoning reform, Medicaid, gun control and more.
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Rubber roads will be really bad for Connecticut and Long Island Sound
Tires on moving cars and in rubber road surfaces shed very fine particles that run off and pollute nearby waterways with microplastics and toxic chemicals.