Of the hundreds of votes that make state government run, there are dozens that determine Connecticut’s direction. On these, the philosophical divide between Democrats and Republicans is profound. And in Connecticut, the Democratic votes control.
Beth Bye
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Not so fast: Key lawmaker upset with approval of more charter schools
The co-chairwoman of the General Assembly’s powerful budget-writing committee is angry that the State Board of Education has approved opening more charter schools than the state budget provides for.
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Can Connecticut afford school choice?
At a time when the state’s school-age population is declining and resources are scarce, key state lawmakers are questioning whether it’s appropriate to spend millions of dollars more over the next several years to increase enrollment in magnet schools.
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Bye to lead CT legislature’s budget committee
Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, was named Wednesday as the co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, succeeding the long-serving Sen. Toni Harp, D-New Haven, on the eve of an election-year General Assembly session likely to be dominated by fiscal issues.