The pandemic-induced recession has left Connecticut lawmakers with one of their tightest credit card limits in recent history.
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Posted inPolitics
Day after pandemic relief: Explaining and complaining
A big stimulus bill takes a lot of explaining.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Unions push back against Lamont’s efforts to shrink state workforce
Employee unions want to block Gov. Ned Lamont’s efforts to radically shrink the state’s workforce starting in 2022.
Posted inTransportation
Lamont’s budget dilemma: Protecting transportation makes the deficit worse
Spending more on a neglected transportation program next year will make the deficit Gov. Ned Lamont must solve much worse.
Posted inMoney
Analysts: Lamont, lawmakers face $4.3 billion gap in next two-year state budget
The shortfalls are due largely to the coronavirus-induced recession.
Posted inMoney
Wall Street continues to soften COVID’s impact on CT’s budget woes
Analysts say surging tax revenues will soften a big deficit this year and dramatically shrink shortfalls over the next biennium.
Posted inHealth
Lamont proposes to ban flavored vaping, legalize marijuana in new budget
Gov. Ned Lamont opened the new legislative session with proposals to ban flavored vaping product sales and to take initial, tentative steps toward legalizing marijuana.
Posted inEducation, Government, Health
For the first time, DeLauro shepherds massive spending bill through Congress
As chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee, Rep. Rosa DeLauro is pressing to boost funding for health, labor and education programs by billions of dollars.
Posted inMoney
Lamont plants clues to his first budget in opening address
Though Gov. Ned Lamont’s first budget isn’t due for weeks, he dropped a few clues Wednesday about what he would do — and what he would need — to make that plan work.
Posted inMoney
Lamont will have extra time to craft first budget
While Gov.-elect Ned Lamont’s administration begins this afternoon, it will have a little extra time to tackle it’s single-largest challenge: crafting a new state budget.
Posted inEducation, Money
UConn trustees act to avert another tuition hike — for now
While adopting a new budget that maintains the existing tuition schedule, University of Connecticut officials nonetheless expressed concerns Wednesday that declining state aid could soon be taking a toll on class sizes, academic aid and support services.
Posted inMoney, News, Politics
Congress’ efforts to avoid another shutdown feature last-minute deals
Updated at 7:20 p.m.
WASHINGTON — To avoid another government shutdown, the U.S. House on Tuesday passed a spending bill that would fund the Pentagon until the end of the federal fiscal year – with big boosts for the Connecticut defense industry — and keep other federal agencies running until March 23. But approval of the bill is just one maneuver in a complex budget dance between congressional Republicans and Democrats this week that also will feature a face-off between the House and Senate.
Posted inHealth, Money, News, Politics
Shutdown impact on CT would depend on how long it lasts
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a short-term spending bill late Thursday, but the legislation that would avert a government shutdown is expected to face a tough time in the Senate. A shutdown’s impact on Connecticut would depend on how long it lasts.
Posted inHealth, Justice, Money, News, Politics
Budget impasse hurts CT defense industry, young immigrants, others
WASHINGTON — Whether, and how, Congress comes to an agreement on a massive spending bill to fund the federal government will impact Connecticut in several ways. The health of the state’s defense industry, as well as that of thousands of Connecticut children, and the fate of immigrant youth and the Affordable Care Act are at stake.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Congress turns its sights on budget mess that has special impact in CT
WASHINGTON — Consumed by its effort to pass a federal tax overhaul this week, Congress has failed to pass a budget that would keep the federal government operating past midnight on Friday. Attempts to find a solution to this problem will have their impact in Connecticut, determining how long the state can continue a health program for children and how long its defense contractors can hire new workers.