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In CT’s 5th District, a competitive race with national implications

Avatar photo by Lisa Hagen October 28, 2022 @ 5:00 amOctober 28, 2022 @ 3:28 pm

The Hayes-Logan matchup is the most competitive and expensive of the five U.S. House races, with more than $8 million in outside spending.

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White House approves $43 million plan for CT to expand high-speed broadband access

Avatar photo by Lisa Hagen August 30, 2022 @ 5:56 pmSeptember 26, 2022 @ 3:48 pm

The White House approved Connecticut’s plan to invest nearly $43 million in affordable broadband access through a program launching in 2023.

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Congress passes expanded health care benefits in sweeping bill

Avatar photo by Lisa Hagen August 12, 2022 @ 4:54 pmSeptember 26, 2022 @ 3:46 pm

Insurers cited the end of enhanced federal ACA subsidies as the reason for rate hikes. But Congress was ready to pass a 3-year extension.

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House unveils broad mental health bill

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Adria Watson and Jenna Carlesso February 18, 2022 @ 5:51 pmMarch 24, 2022 @ 7:53 pm

The bill includes initiatives to improve and expand mental health workforce development, services in schools, insurance coverage and more.

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Progressives intensify push to aid poor, middle class as General Assembly session winds down

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf May 27, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:06 pm

With two weeks left in the legislative session, progressives are making their strongest tax reform push in years.

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Budget panel wants more federal $ for businesses and human services

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf May 18, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:08 pm

Legislators pushed back in bipartisan fashion against Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan for spending nearly $3 billion in federal pandemic relief.

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UConn report: Don’t put federal relief funds under the mattress

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf May 7, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

The choice is between investing in the economy or spending federal aid on state and municipal budgets.

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Lamont’s plan for pandemic relief focuses on economy, child care and education

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf April 26, 2021 @ 2:23 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont would focus new federal funds on economic growth, education, the battle against COVID-19 — and keeping taxes flat.

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House Democrats temper child tax credit to make relief program sustainable

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf March 24, 2021 @ 11:35 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:53 am

House Democrats tempered their income tax relief plan for households with children to ensure the program continues year after year.

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House unanimously adopts measure to ensure lawmakers have a say in spending COVID relief funds

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf March 16, 2021 @ 5:19 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

The bill directs the administration to give a detailed accounting of how federal coronavirus aid has been allotted to date.

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CT tax fairness debate heats up with new pandemic relief on the way

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf March 16, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

Connecticut’s tax fairness debate shifted into high gear as state officials eye $2.6 billion in new pandemic relief from Washington.

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Black lawmakers call their relationship with Lamont ‘a work in progress’

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas March 10, 2021 @ 6:20 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:54 am

Tension remained, even as Black lawmakers applauded Gov. Ned Lamont signing the Crown Act.

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