A temporary child tax credit is expected to shrink child poverty and fuel demands for permanent solutions to economic inequality.
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With billions in federal relief on the way to CT, legislators assert their role in deciding how to spend it
With an unusual bill, state legislators are reminding Gov. Ned Lamont they have significant role in disbursing federal coronavirus relief.
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Connecticut has nearly $1B in new federal relief. Legislators and municipalities want to know how Lamont plans to divvy it up.
Legislators and municipalities want to know how and when Gov. Ned Lamont will divvy up $1 billion in federal relief.
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Lamont: Trump’s threat to veto COVID relief is ‘erratic behavior’
Gov. Ned Lamont says President Donald J. Trump’s threat to veto the bipartisan pandemic relief package was “erratic behavior.”
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Day after pandemic relief: Explaining and complaining
A big stimulus bill takes a lot of explaining.