The budget positions Connecticut to make an unprecedented $3.5 billion supplemental payment against its massive pension debt.
House adopts one of the largest tax cuts in CT history
Posted inLong Story Short
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.
Posted inPolitics
CT legislators package unclaimed property reform into budget bill
The state treasurer had hoped to return smaller sums to individuals even if they didn’t file a claim, but the new bill would complicate that.
Posted inJustice
Heeding patient concerns, Whiting Forensic Hospital bill gets final passage
The bill is based on recommendations made by a task force formed in the wake of the physical and mental abuse of a patient in 2017.
Posted inMoney
Money keeps pouring into CT’s coffers; This year’s surplus now $4.8 billion
CT legislators awoke to good news Monday as they prepared to debate a new budget: an extra $856 million in tax receipts.
Posted inSightlines
Young people don’t need protecting, they need a seat at the table
A sense of absolute right and wrong has, in some ways, blinded adults from meeting the needs of youth, even when they’re vocalized.
Posted inPolitics
Raises for CT legislators? Leaders testing support
Connecticut’s first legislative pay raise in more than 20 years is getting serious consideration for a vote as the session winds down.
Posted inMoney
Businesses, essential workers come up short in final CT budget deal
The state budget, which could be adopted Monday, includes no major bailouts for businesses or essential private workers hurt by the pandemic.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Ban foreign money from CT referenda
We must ensure that our statewide referendum on Nov. 8 over whether to ratify a state constitutional amendment does not become a target of anti-democratic foreign actors.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Proposed false claims act amendment is a win for CT’s taxpayers
The current proposal to expand the CT FCA is an important step that will protect the tax dollars of Connecticut residents and disincentivize fraud across a range of industries.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
A book for Putin and Trump: ‘Crime and Punishment’
Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have a lot in common with Raskolnikov, Dostoevsky’s character in “Crime and Punishment.”
Posted inMoney
One out of six CT government jobs is vacant as workers keep leaving
With nearly 4,000 CT state workers having retired or planning to in the first half of this year, 17% of most Executive Branch jobs are vacant.
Posted inHealth
Rising health care costs weigh on CT small businesses and nonprofits
Small businesses and nonprofits in CT are weighing how generous they can be with health benefits against the solvency of their business.
Posted inTalking Transportation
The CT legislative session’s good, bad, ugly… and ‘fuelish’
As legislators congratulate themselves for cleaning up our state’s air, they encourage further driving, worsening our air pollution, while discouraging use of mass transit.
Posted inPolitics
Lawmakers have promised to reform criminal justice, but bills are lingering in Congress
President Joe Biden campaigned on reforming and strengthening the criminal justice system, but critics say his administration has allowed many of those issues to fall by the wayside.