Lawmakers grilled Michelle Gilman about an audit of CT’s school construction program, which the department of administrative services oversees.
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Second-guessing begins on Lamont’s approach to Diamantis scandal
The inevitable questioning has begun: Is Gov. Ned Lamont up to the tricky task of managing a scandal in an election year?
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Lamont ends controversial experiment with school construction financing oversight
The governor’s reversal comes one day after the state’s deputy budget director, who oversaw the program, retired under a cloud.
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State spending on school construction dropped sharply over last decade
Connecticut’s capital spending on school construction fell by 45% from 2008 to 2017, but the state attributes the drop to stricter controls over the program.
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Measure strips $1B in bonded projects off of CT’s credit card
The Senate voted late Thursday rebalance Connecticut’s credit card in the face of shrinking tax revenues, canceling or delaying about $1 billion in financing for a wide array of projects and programs, and to authorize $380 for municipal school construction, down significantly from recent years.
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State must cut its borrowing to avoid maxing out credit card
Connecticut is on pace to exceed its hard credit card limit by more than $320 million in two years — a projection that will tighten available borrowing for local schools, public colleges and universities, state building renovations and various projects in legislators’ districts.
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$522 M heading for school construction
The bill includes language that requires school construction projects to reflect the safety guidelines approved after the Sandy Hook shootings.