The measure would extend Medicaid coverage to kids 15 and younger without legal status. But advocates wanted people up to age 25 to qualify.
2023 Legislative Session
Posted inMoney
CT House adopts $51B budget with big middle-class tax cut
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.
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inJustice
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.
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inHealth
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.’
Posted inEnergy & Environment
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.
Posted inOpinion
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.
Posted inHousing
Stripped-down CT housing bill gains narrow passage in House
CT lawmakers voted on the housing bill, which had zoning reform measures scrapped Friday, in the early hours of the morning Saturday.
Posted inPolitics
Senate passes update of Connecticut’s strong gun laws
The bill would ban the open carry of firearms, strengthen rules for gun storage and reporting stolen firearms, and expand a ban on AR-15s.
Posted inHousing
Zoning reforms stripped from CT Democrats’ housing bill
The fair share policy has been stripped from CT House Democrats’ omnibus bill. Leadership says zoning may need to be changed through the courts.
Posted inMoney
GOP objects as Lamont tries to resurrect waste disposal fee
Negotiations on the state budget have been complicated by a late move by Gov. Lamont to include new municipal waste fees in the budget.
Posted inHealth
Trade association health plans get tepid OK from key player
A new version of a bill to give small businesses a new option for health care plans got a boost from CT’s health care advocate Ted Doolittle.
Posted inGovernment
CT legislature votes to ban child marriages
The CT Senate vote came hours after a group of advocates dressed in wedding dresses urged lawmakers to pass the bill to ban child marriages.
Posted inHousing
CT weighs tax breaks for businesses that help fund new housing
CT employers say their workers can’t afford housing, but private sector investment — spurred by tax incentives — could help fix that.
