Gov. Ned Lamont simultaneously delivered an apology and pep talk to the House Democratic caucus Wednesday night. The subject was tolls.
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Democrat Ned Lamont has served as the 89th governor of Connecticut since Jan. 9, 2019. He has been recognized for his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TGIF: Ned Lamont had a tough week
The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont was ready to put a tumultuous week behind it Thursday night, downplaying a pointed rebuke by a legislative committee the previous day.
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For now, legislators defer to Lamont on capital gains
On spending and taxes, Democratic legislators deferred Tuesday to the more moderate fiscal positions of Gov. Ned Lamont, less a surrender than a postponement of a debate still to come.
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Lamont’s campaign for tolls begins a critical phase
The administration rebooted its lobbying team on tolls, and they are talking to legislators about a series of tweaks intended to increase the consumer and political appeal of the governor’s top priority and biggest challenge.
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Fonfara rebels at Lamont’s ‘debt diet’
With a proposal for lawmakers to seize control of the state’s credit card, a state senator is calling the governor’s “debt diet” unpalatable.
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Biden enters the fray, but will CT Dems back him?
Biden leads his 19 Democratic competitors in the polls, but CT voters might not get to vote for him in the state’s primary because it’s scheduled late in the season.
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Lamont nominates Robert Devlin to Appellate Court
Robert J. Devlin, a Superior Court judge for 26 years, was nominated Thursday as an Appellate Court judge by Gov. Ned Lamont.
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Kruger exits UConn Board of Trustees, Lamont in no rush to replace him
Thomas Kruger’s last meeting was Wednesday. He resigned after Gov. Ned Lamont said he was changing the leadership of the board.
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Lamont promises a cost-efficient, user-friendly government
Gov. Ned Lamont used his first cabinet meeting to introduce a new chief performance officer and a heavily hyphenated vision to transform government into a cross-agency, data-driven, user-friendly, cost-effective and outcome-obsessed model of stream-lined efficiency and private-sector discipline.
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Lamont tries constructive engagement with Trump
Gov. Ned Lamont wants to talk tolls, not Trump.
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Legislators break with Lamont, pitch tax hike on wealthiest
A new proposal by Democratic lawmakers to hike taxes on the capital gains of Connecticut’s wealthiest sets up a showdown with Gov. Ned Lamont.
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The first hundred days of Ned Lamont
His press office billed the event as a roundtable review of the Lamont administration’s accomplishments in its first 100 days. The table wasn’t round, the review perfunctory.
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Who pays the next CT tax hike? Democrats must answer question soon.
None of the options are good for Democrats, who must decide whether to spread additional tax pain to low and middle-income residents or ask the state’s wealthiest to pay more.
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Lamont, GOP make clear — tolls are a fault line
Two things became clear Wednesday: Gov. Ned Lamont cannot yet answer some crucial questions about tolls, and there are no answers that could entice GOP support.
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Lamont denies ouster of UConn trustee is political payback
The governor won’t reappoint long-serving trustee Denis J. Nayden, who backed Lamont’s Republican opponent Bob Stefanowski last fall.
