The fair share bill has met fierce opposition in CT this session, but lawmakers say they’re working toward a compromise.
2023 Legislative Session
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CT leaders want companies to contribute to child care. Here’s how.
Lawmakers expanded the governor’s proposed 25% business tax credit for child care costs to go toward donations to nonprofit providers.
Posted inHousing
CT budget proposal shows investments in housing likely this year
The early budget proposals show $600 million in bonding for housing as well as other investments in affordable housing.
Posted inEducation
CT colleges fight proposed budget amid layoff, tuition hike concerns
Students and presidents protested the state budget legislators endorsed, which is $109M short of what’s needed to maintain current services.
Posted inJustice
Connecticut is considering major bail reform. But it won’t be easy.
The first step in reforming the Connecticut bail system would be a constitutional amendment, a multi-year process that includes a referendum.
Posted inMoney
CT universities could face 650 layoffs, big tuition hikes
The budget the Appropriations Committee endorsed for 2023-24 falls $109 million short of the cost needed to maintain current services.
Posted inEducation
Danbury charter school left out of CT budget proposal
The Danbury site was the only approved CT charter school plan left out of the proposed state budget unveiled this week.
Posted inJustice
CT Board of Pardons and Paroles halts sentence commutations
The pause in commutations — reductions of prison sentences — comes as CT Republicans have raised concerns over an increase in the last year.
Posted inMoney
CT legislative leaders and Lamont are gridlocked on spending cap
A day after CT legislative leaders said budget proposals were underfunding core services, Gov. Ned Lamont insisted they make tough choices.
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CT income tax rate cut OK’d by finance committee
The CT legislature’s Finance Committee OK’d the first income tax rate cuts since the mid-1990s, setting the stage for more negotiations.
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CT may need to work around budget cap, top lawmakers hint
One day after legislators unveiled a budget limited by the spending cap, leaders insisted officials must do more for core services.
Posted inGovernment
CT Secretary of the State asks for $25M to replace ballot tabulators
The tabulators in use now were put into service more than 16 years ago, and the original manufacturer of those machines is out of business.
Posted inPolitics
Promoting an honored restaurant, Lamont plays marketer-in-chief
Gov. Lamont visited a James Beard Award finalist as restaurant industry lobbies against a bill that would end the sub-minimum wage.
Posted inMoney
‘Fiscal guardrails’ steer legislators to lean budget despite surplus
The CT Appropriations Committee pitched a $51 billion budget that offers lean growth for education, social services and health care.
Posted inHealth
CT mulls Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers
Two bills would OK Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers, who act as liaisons between care systems and underserved communities.