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Education advocates: Pension savings system reinforces inequities in CT’s schools

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf December 16, 2021 @ 5:00 amJune 30, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

Education Reform Now wants the state to bill wealthy districts and use some of the money to help poor communities.

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CT poised to take $1.6 billion chunk out of pension debt

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf September 28, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:03 am

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf July 15, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:04 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf November 20, 2020 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:44 am

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf June 17, 2019 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:11 am

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf May 2, 2019 @ 3:32 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:49 pm

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

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Clarice Silber February 20, 2019 @ 10:30 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:53 pm

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 seeks giveback from future state retirees

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf February 19, 2019 @ 4:59 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:07 am

Gov. Lamont will seek concessions that could potentially reduce benefits to retired workers by more than $300 million per year.

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CT Lottery could smooth spiking teacher pension contributions

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf March 6, 2018 @ 4:55 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:26 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf February 8, 2018 @ 2:33 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:40 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf January 30, 2018 @ 3:03 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:29 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf January 4, 2018 @ 7:11 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:24 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf December 27, 2017 @ 5:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:22 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf September 13, 2017 @ 3:59 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:13 pm

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

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Jacqueline Rabe Thomas September 5, 2017 @ 3:16 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:13 pm

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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