The state announced a partnership with Quest Diagnostics Tuesday to significantly boost the state’s capacity to test for COVID-19.
Themis Klarides
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Klarides is leaving House, but won’t rule out a run for governor
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides won’t seek re-election in 2020. A run for governor in 2022 is possible.
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Brief outbreak of tolls debate marks Bond Commission meeting
The unifying crisis of the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough Thursday to keep the tolls debate from briefly resurfacing.
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COVID-19 killed the 2020 session. But the calls still come
They left on March 11, promising to return after a deep cleaning of the State Capitol. They never returned.
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The tolls saga continues as Democrats postpone vote
The vote on tolls will not come before next week, the top Senate leader said Tuesday night.
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Union agency paying back money missing from Sandy Hook Workers Fund
A state audit requested by a Republican lawmaker revealed that funds meant to support workers present at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting were not used appropriately.
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Lamont asks for ‘profile-in-courage’ from GOP on transportation
The governor’s new transportation plan will be revealed soon, but not this week.
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Officials disagree on how much transparency is needed in education partnership
State officials are divided on how to win public trust in a partnership to aid struggling students that is exempt from FOI laws.
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Key Republican legislator miffed about UConn president’s free tuition plan
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano has some questions about UConn’s plan to offer a free-tuition program for families with incomes of less than $50,000.
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Partnership for CT opens first meeting to public, but transparency questions persist
The public is invited but it’s unclear what portion of the meeting – or subsequent meetings – will be open, or what the board will be discussing.
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Lawmakers balk at being excluded from decision making in education partnership
A plan to exclude lawmakers from the executive committee would weaken oversight of the public-private partnership.
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Lawmakers balk at OKing executive pay, budget for education partnership — via mail
The Partnership for CT board was asked to unanimously approve a tentative budget, nearly $250,000 in executive compensation, and various operating procedures before it has even met.
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On budget, Dems say GOP prefers heckling to haggling
For only the second time in a decade, minority Republicans in the legislature have failed to propose a new state budget. But that doesn’t mean they’ve stayed silent about Democratic plans.
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House GOP leader takes aim at regionalization, sales tax proposals
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby The top Republican in the House of Representatives took aim Tuesday at proposals to regionalize school districts and expand the sales tax. House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, challenged Gov. Ned Lamont and his fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority to focus more on options to reduce government spending. Democrats […]
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CT GOP had right message, but ‘Trump just trumped it’
Connecticut Republicans’ first state legislative losses in a regular election since 2008 are prompting hard looks at how the party can insulate itself from Donald J. Trump in 2020, but little second-guessing of its long focus at the State Capitol on economic growth and fiscal stability.