Lawmakers expanded OpenConnecticut, designed to make financial data easily available to the public, to include quasi-public agencies.
Kevin Lembo
Kevin Lembo previously served as Connecticut comptroller from 2010 to 2021. Before his time in office, Lembo served as Connecticut’s first state healthcare advocate.
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Executive branch workforce close to gender parity, but racial disparities remain
A new report on Connecticut’s executive branch found that while women earn more than men, on average, minority employees are still being paid less than their white colleagues.
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Lembo urges Partnership for Connecticut to follow all disclosure, ethics rules
Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog called for the officials overseeing the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in low-performing schools to adhere to the spirit of all disclosure and ethics laws.
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Public option hits rocks, key components stripped from bill
State-sponsored health plans for individuals and small businesses are expected to be removed from the bill, along with a provision to re-establish an individual mandate
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Prescription drug bill advances to House
The bill seeks to lower the cost of prescription drugs in Connecticut, a frustration for seniors, the uninsured, and people on high-deductible plans.
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Lembo warns CT is not guaranteed another April tax bonanza
A number of variables have left Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo concerned about where state tax receipts are headed coming into a crucial forecast following the April 15 income tax filing deadline.
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A new push for a public option in Connecticut
The first public glimpse of a new push for a public option in Connecticut came Wednesday.
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Want to know what your neighbor’s state pension is? Now there’s a way
Out of the $2 billion in pension payments Connecticut will make this year, the average is $38,212 and the largest is more than $322,000 for a retired University of Connecticut Health Center professor.
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Lembo confirms $250M state budget surplus
State Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo confirmed Monday that a recent surge in projected income tax receipts has left the current budget on pace for closing with roughly a $250 million surplus.
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Comptroller’s race centers on who would be a more independent voice for CT
Democratic incumbent Kevin Lembo and Republican challenger Kurt Miller both see the race for state comptroller as a contest to become Connecticut’s chief fiscal guardian for the next four years.
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Lembo, Malloy, both see CT’s budget reserves on the rise
State Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo agreed Monday with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration that Connecticut could be poised to bolster its budget reserves significantly for a second consecutive year.
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CT files lawsuit after losing nearly $11M in ‘kickback pyramid scheme’
Connecticut is suing a Florida-based compounding pharmacy and several people, including former and current state employees, for their alleged involvement in a kickback pyramid scheme that cost the state nearly $11 million, Attorney General George Jepsen announced Tuesday.
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Lembo pushes back on Malloy’s prediction of budget surplus
Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog slammed the brakes Tuesday on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s assertion that the new state budget is on its way to another surplus.
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Blumenthal calls on colleagues, Trump to act on soaring drug costs
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal called on his federal colleagues and President Donald Trump to do more now to control the costs of skyrocketing prescription drug costs. “There is no way that America can stand idle and allow these prescription drug costs to continue increasing at the present rate,” said Blumenthal at a press conference on Monday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
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Democrats nominate Lembo, Merrill for third terms
Democrats nominated the unopposed Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo by acclamation and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill by a roll call vote Saturday, an easy warmup before tackling contested endorsements for the other underticket offices of attorney general, treasurer and lieutenant governor.