None of the options are good for Democrats, who must decide whether to spread additional tax pain to low and middle-income residents or ask the state’s wealthiest to pay more.
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Lamont, GOP make clear — tolls are a fault line
Two things became clear Wednesday: Gov. Ned Lamont cannot yet answer some crucial questions about tolls, and there are no answers that could entice GOP support.
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Lamont favors paid leave that is privately managed
Republican lawmakers say this still might not be enough to win their support for the bill, however.
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Legislators seek truth in political advertising rules
A legislative committee approved a bill requiring presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release their returns for three years to get on the ballot in Connecticut.
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So you think you know about transportation and tolls?
Tolls, gas taxes, highways, bridges and rail lines are in the news. How much do you know about them?
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Education Committee approves Lamont’s watered-down regionalization bill
Gov. Ned Lamont’s two key education bills — including one intended to push school districts toward regionalization — were approved by a legislative committee Friday.
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GOP defends plan to avoid tolls as Lamont administration calls for compromise
The gulf between Gov. Ned Lamont and GOP lawmakers on tolls grew even wider Thursday as Republicans called any long-term funding plan that includes the “toll monster” a non-starter.
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Lawmakers pepper Ojakian with questions about college consolidation plan
Ojakian expects that when the 12 community colleges are consolidated into one state college — in 2023, if all goes as planned — the annual savings will be $23 million.
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Candelora, Looney differ on validity of tolls vote
Like an NFL referee, Rep. Vincent J. Candelora, R-North Branford, is throwing a flag, saying that Democrats committed the legislative equivalent of having too many players on the field.
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Opening the ‘black box’ of prosecutorial discretion
Everyone from prosecutors, the ACLU, and the governor are nearing a consensus on how to create a window into how prosecutors make decisions.
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Committee endorses bill to expand health coverage to undocumented youth
“If one child in need is without health care, that is one child too many,” said Rep. Cathy Abercrombie, D-Meriden.
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Panel: No pay hikes for legislators, statewide officers
The Commission on Compensation for Elected State Officers voted Thursday to retain the salary structure in place since 2001.
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Gov. Lamont drops “redistricting” from controversial bill to get schools to share services
Some residents and advocates expressed relief about the revisions, while others said they still could not support the governor’s plan.
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Family members plead for passage of aid-in-dying bill
A public hearing on legislation that would give terminally ill patients access to medication to end their lives is expected to draw both supporters and opponents today.
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Progressive Dems offer new tax hike aimed at millionaires
The state House of Representatives’ Progressive Democratic Caucus intensified its push Friday for higher income taxes on the wealthy.