Could state incentive payments get towns to regionalize services and support a cap on property taxes?
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GOP shows frustration over governor’s powers, comments on vaccine hesitancy
The House voted along party lines to extend the governor’s powers by a month.
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House approves big municipal aid pledge, tax incentive bills
The House approved bills Wednesday pledging $100 million-plus in new municipal aid and offering tax incentives to attract data centers.
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In third year, still an uncertain relationship for Lamont and legislators
Gov. Ned Lamont and the legislature still struggle at times to figure out what the other is about.
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Pandemic eases, and complicates, legislating
The legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee co-chairs skipped the masks, but they were very socially distant.
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Hundreds of protestors press lawmakers as they return to the Capitol
Hundreds of protestors gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol, pressing returning lawmakers to reject mandatory vaccinations and coronavirus-related restrictions on gatherings.
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CT Legislature opens with less pomp, more circumstance
The General Assembly opened its session in extraordinary fashion, convening outdoors, applauded by friends and heckled by protesters.
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This legislature will run on Zoom. But still dress warmly on opening day.
The General Assembly begins its session Wednesday outside a Capitol closed due to COVID-19. Protests are in the forecast.
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2020 in Connecticut, a year no one wants to review
To borrow from the president-elect’s favorite poet: Things fell apart in 2020; and the center did not hold.
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Will CT legislators raise the gas tax? With tax rates now below the national average, it’s possible
Once among the nation’s highest, Connecticut’s gas taxes now rank below average among all states.
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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.
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A blue wave reached Connecticut. But the GOP is still here.
Obama won Connecticut by 20 points, and it nearly killed the GOP. Biden’s 20-point win didn’t hurt as much.
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Colleges ‘swamped’ by students’ mental health needs, but services vary greatly
When it comes to mental health services on CT college campuses, “There’s a very large discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots.”
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UConn Health seeking a private partner for financial sustainability
UConn Health took the next necessary step in pursuing a public-private partnership on Monday by releasing a “Solicitation of Interest” letter nationally. The letter is a request for proposals from health organizations across the country interested in partnering with the Farmington-based health system.
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Legislators grill UConn Health, DOC about inmate health care
Concerns about the medical care provided to inmates in Connecticut’s prisons emerged during a six-hour hearing Monday as family members of inmates testified about substandard care and the correction department’s former chief medical officer told lawmakers that requests for specialized treatment were routinely denied.