Seniors, teachers, hospitals, corporations and other groups are pressing lawmakers to deliver the tax relief they pledged in 2017 — even though Gov. Ned Lamont says Connecticut no longer can afford it.
Ned Lamont
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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Lamont joins other govs in D.C., plans to skip Trump dinner
At the National Governor’s Association gathering, Lamont joins other Democrats in opposition to the current limit on the deductibility of state and local taxes.
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DPH choice ends day of racially diverse picks by Lamont
The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont is shaping up as one of the most racially diverse in Connecticut history.
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Andrew Mais to be named insurance commissioner
Sources say Andrew N. Mais, an insurance industry regulatory specialist at Deloitte, will be Connecticut’s next insurance commissioner.
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Seila Mosquera to be named state housing commissioner
She is getting the job as Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing to the slow the torrent of affordable housing investments under his predecessor to a trickle.
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Lamont on tolls: ‘If you have any better ideas, bring them’
Gov. Ned Lamont offered no hard-sell Thursday for his “option” of tolls, demurring when asked if he was pressing legislators for their support. He said he wants them at the table.
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It may be bumpy, but Lamont sees ‘a path forward’
Gov. Ned Lamont offered lawmakers Wednesday what he says is a map for a wealthy state struggling to wriggle free of a crushing pension debt amassed over decades, end crippling cycles of deficits and spark economic growth.
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Lamont presents $43 billion, two-year plan to legislators
The two-year state budget lays the groundwork for tolls, shifts more pension debt onto future taxpayers, deals another blow to hospitals, but closes a multi-billion dollar shortfall without raising the income tax.
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Lamont administration struggles, admits ‘room for improvement’
With no strategy to defend his tolls proposal, Gov. Ned Lamont ceded three days of news cycles to a rapidly mobilized opposition of Republicans, the trucking industry and small businesses.
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Lamont seeks giveback from future state retirees
Gov. Lamont will seek concessions that could potentially reduce benefits to retired workers by more than $300 million per year.
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Will Lamont keep transportation system afloat until toll receipts arrive?
Timing is everything. The governor wants to use tolls to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure in a few years at the same time he plans to cut borrowing now.
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A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
At least that’s what Gov. Lamont hopes as he prepares to offset tolls and sin taxes with lower property taxes on cars and other budget sweeteners.
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Lamont reverses himself, will offer plan to toll cars and trucks
Tolls on trucks alone will not produce enough revenue to improve Connecticut’s transportation network, he says.
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Pension debt stands between Lamont and fiscal stability for CT
For Gov. Ned Lamont, who insists he will end Connecticut’s cycle of budget deficits — there is no route to long-term stability that doesn’t go through the teachers’ pension.
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Progressives ready to battle Connecticut’s rich over taxes
A major liberal block in the House of Representatives warned Thursday it favors raising income taxes on rich households, staunchly opposes repeal the estate tax, and fears Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget could shift burdens onto the middle class.