The Senate GOP alternative to tolls is creative, but requires depleting two-thirds of the state’s budget reserves.
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Lamont rebuffed on tolls by Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats effectively took highway tolls off the table Wednesday.
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Connecticut’s businessman-governor tries to make a sale
Gov. Ned Lamont celebrated getting support from major employers for CT2030. What he really needs is a half dozen state senators.
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With GOP on sidelines, Senate Dems cool to CT2030
Gov. Ned Lamont’s CT2030 plan has no champion in the Senate, but he’ll pitch them on Wednesday.
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Lamont’s CT2030 has VIP support — and political challenges
The governor needs to overcome a reluctance among lawmakers to embrace an unpopular governor and his insistence that limited highway tolling is necessary in Connecticut.
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Lamont: Trust me. GOP lawmakers: Why should we?
As Gov. Lamont tries to convince lawmakers that tolls will remain fixed, his history is working against him.
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Here are the bridges to be rebuilt by tolls, and the cost to cross them
The biggest impact would be between Greenwich and New Haven on I-95
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This is Lamont’s vision for transportation — and how he’ll sell it
The ambitious new plan has a political deftness missing in the original. Can the governor sell it?
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Lamont commutes to the Senate GOP to pitch CT 2030
Gov. Ned Lamont pitched to the GOP sweet spot, highlighting what his transportation proposal would mean for Metro-North commuters.
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On transportation, a moment of bipartisanship
Democratic and Republican leaders were upbeat after a briefing by U.S. transportation officials about the potential for below-market federal financing for transportation improvements.
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Feds to brief legislators on transportation funding alternatives
The Lamont administration hopes that a show-and-tell by the feds can restart a debate on how to finance transportation.
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Lamont readies a transportation reboot
The kids are back in school. Can the governor and his chief of staff lure back lawmakers for a special session on transportation?