Gov. Ned Lamont has presented lawmakers with a $50.5 billion two-year budget that would deliver an income tax cut. Here’s what he proposed.
Lamont has proposed Connecticut’s next two-year budget. What’s in it?
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Providing school meals for all is a win for CT families
Students should not have to worry about being hungry at school.
CT Viewpoints
Lamont’s budget doubles down on ignoring CT’s childcare crisis
Governor Lamont had a unique opportunity to enact transformational reforms for Connecticut’s youngest children and families, fix its broken childcare industry, and position Connecticut’s businesses and economy for long term growth. This budget fell disappointingly and woefully short.
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CT Supreme Court case to test limits of hospital immunity
Hospitals had expanded immunity from lawsuits during peak COVID, but the case of a woman who died of heart failure is challenging the order.
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There’s something about Bridgeport
Bridgeport officials may be building a dock, but they don’t have a ferry to operate there.
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Connecticut’s trash and recycling crisis is here now and needs to be solved by state and local leaders
Connecticut produces almost 2.4 million tons of trash a year. A stronger state role in waste management can reduce rising local costs.
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CHART: State funding for CT State Colleges and Universities
Here’s a breakdown of the funds CT State Colleges and Universities have received from the state and from federal pandemic relief money.
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CHART: State funding for UConn and UConn Health
Here’s a breakdown of the funds UConn and UConn Health have received from the state of CT and from federal pandemic relief money since 2014.
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Republicans have filed dozens of bills to disrupt transgender youth health care
Republicans in more than half the states are pushing to restrict medical providers from offering some gender-affirming health care to minors.
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Ten states are contributing to Connecticut’s smog problem
New data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that ten states are contributing to high smog levels in Connecticut.
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More than half of queer Florida parents have considered fleeing the state in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ study finds
Those are the stark findings from a study on the effects of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law just released by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
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CT Politics: Workforce development, student loan relief bills advance to public hearing
State legislators heard testimony on bills to support and expand the state’s workforce, particularly in child care, education and health care.
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CT Politics: CT ‘Clean Slate’ effort gets $1.5M in Lamont’s budget proposal
Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget includes $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan funds for the state’s delayed “clean slate” effort.
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CT Politics: Where does CT’s ‘Baby Bonds’ program stand in the governor’s budget?
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget only includes $50 million for Baby Bonds and a spokesman said the governor “does not support the program.”
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CT Politics: Lawmakers discuss what qualifies as ‘workforce housing’
Connecticut’s state leaders deployed the term frequently this week, but what qualifies as “workforce housing?”