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CT poised to take $1.6 billion chunk out of pension debt
Connecticut will make more than $1.6 billion in supplemental payments into its cash-starved pension systems this fall.
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Lembo: Extra pension payments mean big savings now — and down the road
By depositing $1.2 billion extra into its pension funds now, the state hopes to save $2.75 billion over 25 years.
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Surging teacher pension costs will make Lamont’s next budget-balancing act tougher
Gov. Ned Lamont will need an extra $200 million in the next biennial budget to bolster the teachers’ pension fund.
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Debate not over on sharing teacher pension costs with towns
While municipalities successfully defeated another poroposal to force communities to cover a portion of Connecticut’s contribution to the teachers’ pension fund, local leaders know they remain in the crosshairs — and that a local payment toward this state expense may be inevitable in a few years.
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Despite committee inaction, tolls and pension cost-sharing proposals remain alive
Two key issues – tolls and teacher pension costs – weren’t voted out of the finance committee this week. But that doesn’t mean either issue is dead.
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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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CT Lottery could smooth spiking teacher pension contributions
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s push to smooth out spiking state contributions to the teachers’ pension may hinge on a new proposal to dedicate lottery assets to the cash-starved retirement benefit fund.
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Nappier, Malloy divided over how to fix teacher pension fund
State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier warned this week that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s recommendation that Connecticut defer and otherwise restructure contributions into the teachers’ pension fund could jeopardize the state’s standing on Wall Street.
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Malloy will have a plan to smooth spiking teacher pension costs
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration is developing a proposal to restructure a second spiking pension expense threatening state finances, according to his deputy budget director.
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Medicare program fix adds red ink to CT’s finances
To find some of the money to reverse cuts to a popular social services program, the legislature is expected Monday to raid $17.8 million owed to next fiscal year’s state budget — which already is at risk of a significant deficit.
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Malloy: Time to stretch out spiking teacher pension costs
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has called on state lawmakers to restructure Connecticut’s contributions into its cash-starved teacher pension fund, deferring some expenses for decades but mitigating huge, projected cost spikes in the coming 15 years.
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New CT budget could shift teacher pension costs onto future taxpayers
If legislators vote on a new state budget Thursday, it may include a complex proposal from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to restructure skyrocketing contributions to the teachers’ pension program — potentially inflating and then shifting billions of dollars in expenses onto a future generation.
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Malloy offers big compromise to end CT budget gridlock
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has offered a major compromise to end the state budget standoff, scaling back his proposed shift of teacher pension costs to cities and towns by half.
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Budget debate: It’s not how much, but what kind of revenue to raise
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has been sparring with his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives over how much new tax and fee revenue should be raised for the budget. But the real debate is over what type of revenue should be raised — not how much.