While the GOP has offered to relax restrictions, it opposes new pandemic funds for state and local governments.
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
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Towns worried they won’t find insurance to cover police abuse claims
“One bad case could mean tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in damages,” said Joe DeLong, CCM.
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Lamont, legislators agree on July agenda. It doesn’t include housing segregation.
Housing advocates have been trying to seize the moment, pushing a reluctant legislature to think more broadly about racism.
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Coronavirus has cost towns nearly half a billion dollars so far
The pandemic has taken a huge chunk out of Connecticut municipalities’ piggy banks, leaving dozens of towns scrambling for cash.
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Lamont creates $75M pandemic relief fund for CT municipalities
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday that $75 million in federal coronavirus relief funds would be made available to towns.
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Lamont is ready to give towns their first share of federal relief funds
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to announce an initial round of emergency pandemic relief for cities and towns Thursday.
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CCM chastises Lamont for not sharing federal relief funds with cities and towns
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities chastised Gov. Ned Lamont Thursday for not sending emerrgency federal pandemic funding directly to communities.
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Municipalities press Lamont to share COVID-19 federal relief funds
Connecticut’s cash-strapped municipalities pressed Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday to share a portion of a $1 billion-plus federal relief program.
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Lamont empowers town leaders to adopt budgets without going before voters
The waiver exempting municipalities from holding town meetings comes as Connecticut reports its fifth death from coronavirus.
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Lamont allows towns to hold meetings remotely to limit spread of coronavirus
Gov. Ned Lamont permitted municipalities to exclude residents from meetings. But can taxpayers still approve a town budget?
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Town aid stranded by tolls debate isn’t out of political limbo yet
Connecticut’s tolls debate is over, yet millions of dollars in town aid remains in political limbo.
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Action unlikely on transportation, local aid until January
Gov. Ned Lamont suggested Tuesday that long-delayed state grants to municipalities would be delivered by Christmas. That is unlikely to happen.
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CCM tries to get a little louder on property tax relief
After watching state aid erode over the past decade, Connecticut municipalities hope to appeal directly to voters to order property tax relief.
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CCM says its property tax analysis contained flawed data
A Connecticut Conference of Municipalities report highlighting rising property taxes across much of the state contained a major factual error, CCM announced Tuesday. But while Monday’s report exaggerated the total number of communities that raised property taxes, its conclusion — that roughly 60% of municipalities not experiencing revaluation raised taxes in 2019 — was accurate.
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CCM: Most CT cities and towns increased property taxes this year
Nearly 60% of CT cities and towns increased property taxes this year, with most of those tax hikes outpacing the rate of inflation.