Nearly four months since the regular General Assembly session closed, legislative leaders and Gov. Ned Lamont are struggling to reach agreement on a growing list of issues potentially headed for a special session vote later this fall.
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Speaker: House will vote to override Lamont veto — even without Senate support
The House will vote Monday to override Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of legislation crucial to an ongoing legal battle between restaurants and their workers — regardless of whether the Senate supports it.
Posted inTransportation
Lamont plans a quick pivot to talks on tolls
Gov. Ned Lamont wants to open high-level talks on tolls no later than next week.
Posted inHealth, Money, Politics
Legislature headed for a holiday session to fix social services program
With partisan feuding providing the final push Thursday, the state legislature now will come into session between between Christmas and New Year’s Day to reverse an unpopular cut to a social services program for poor seniors and the disabled.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT’s last legislative session: Hidden motives, veiled truths
As a caucus, my fellow Republican legislators knew that the budget could not remain sustainable for long. That’s why we fought keenly through the night to achieve a better financial plan back in June. When our attempts to amend the unbalanced budget failed that night, we had no choice but to vote against it if we wanted something better for Connecticut.
Posted inMoney
Connecticut’s courtship of GE goes beyond taxes
General Electric’s threat to leave Connecticut has morphed from a narrow complaint over taxes to a broader conversation with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy about economic stability in a state with a sputtering cash flow, high per-capita debt and worsening pension obligations.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Klarides: Cut future transportation, local aid initiatives
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, called Tuesday on the General Assembly’s Democratic majority to reduce their new initiatives on future transportation and municipal aid in order to restore cuts recently imposed on hospitals and services to persons with disabilities.
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A second chance for ‘Second Chance’ in special session
The General Assembly called itself into special session Wednesday to adopt bills necessary to implement the budget and one of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s top priorities, a bill carrying a name that officially turned ironic at the stroke of midnight: An Act Concerning a Second Chance Society. Yes, it was going to get a second chance.