Passage of the bills was a first step toward confronting what experts have called an escalating crisis in Connecticut and elsewhere.
Three extensive bills targeting children’s mental health win final passage
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Senate adopts ‘humane’ budget that cuts taxes, looks beyond pandemic
The Senate voted 24-12, largely along party lines, to adopt the package, which now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont, who is expected to sign it.
Posted inHealth
Legislature OKs Medicaid for undocumented children 12 and younger
A more ambitious bill that would have opened the program to those 18 and younger, regardless of their immigration status, failed in committee.
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Analysts: CT could cut taxes $1 billion more within federal rules
Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly said an estimate from the Office of Fiscal Analysis vindicates the GOP’s calls for bigger tax cuts.
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Forecast says CT’s ‘fiscal cliff’ will be gone when pandemic aid expires
New projections show state finances will be in the black even after federal pandemic relief is gone in 2025.
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General Assembly approves raises for lawmakers, statewide officers
Lawmakers’ base pay would go from $28,000 to $40,000, and salaries of most statewide officers would match the pay of Superior Court judges.
Posted inJustice
State trooper who shot Mubarak Soulemane makes first court appearance
Outside court, Mubarak Soulemane’s family vowed not to be intimidated by the large police presence at Trooper Brian North’s brief appearance.
Posted inGovernment
CT lawmakers set to pass reforms to troubled school construction program
The reforms come as a federal investigation of the program under its former director, Kosta Diamantis, is underway.
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Budget bill closes loophole that let hospitals end services without state OK
Long-term hospital suspensions aren’t currently regulated under state law. The state budget bill could change that.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
With trash plant closing, CT rethinks waste policy
With the Hartford trash-to-energy plant closing, the state is moving to reduce the waste stream with new technologies.
Posted inStudent Voice
It’s time to ban single-use plastic straws
The failure of Connecticut’s bill to ban single-use plastic items means we must lobby to pass legislation on the federal level.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Freedom has never been free, and our tribalism and inequality is costing us
A huge problem is that the ugly implications of America’s mess and their root causes are not generally recognized or understood by our people.
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It’s time to rethink how Connecticut manages its charter schools
Danbury has become a battleground over a state charter school approved in 2018.
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House adopts one of the largest tax cuts in CT history
The budget positions Connecticut to make an unprecedented $3.5 billion supplemental payment against its massive pension debt.
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PODCAST: Erica Phillips on the high cost of health care for small businesses
CT Mirror’s Economic Development reporter Erica Phillips tells host Ebong Udoma what’s being done to curb the costs of health insurance premiums.