Spending more on a neglected transportation program next year will make the deficit Gov. Ned Lamont must solve much worse.
Transportation
Posted inMoney
Analysts: Lamont, lawmakers face $4.3 billion gap in next two-year state budget
The shortfalls are due largely to the coronavirus-induced recession.
Posted inHealth
Veyo launches specialized fleet for COVID-positive patients. Some want to know why it took so long.
Some are also suggesting the company owes the state a refund for services it failed to provide.
Posted inEconomic Development
Pandemic, tax issues give Connecticut a chance to reset economy, strengthen the region
With the coronavirus turning many commuters into at-home workers, Connecticut has a unique chance to reset its economy.
Posted inNews
DMV reopens with COVID-inspired changes
The COVID-ready DMV opened for license renewals Tuesday, and plans to reopen schools will come Thursday.
Posted inTransportation
CT heads to Wall Street to jump-start its construction industry
Connecticut is taking a big step toward re-energizing its construction economy, seeking nearly $1.4 billion in financing.
Posted inTransportation
CT can delay its transportation financing debate only a few months more
With revenues evaporating and upgrades long overdue, Connecticut will have to act soon to solve its transportation financing problems.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut takes steps to make voting safer, as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline
Fairfield, Hartford, and New Haven counties are now all seeing a downward trend in hospitalizations.
Posted inEconomic Development, Money, Transportation
Lamont to cancel tax relief, seek labor savings to shrink $2B deficit in July
Gov. Ned Lamont said he would cancel tax relief and seek labor savings to mitigate a big deficit in July.
Posted inTransportation
Will the coronavirus kill the state’s transit comeback?
After decades of building gleaming new highways, which enabled great mobility but eventually induced serious congestion, sprawl and pollution, Connecticut rediscovered transit. The state added or upgraded bus and rail service, with innovations such as CTFastrak and the Hartford Line, and people hopped aboard. Ridership was breaking records almost every year in the last decade […]
Posted inTransportation
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.
Posted inTransportation
State sees dramatic drop in traffic as residents ‘stay safe, stay home’
The coronavirus shutdown has brought a precipitous drop in highway traffic — and a couple unanticipated benefits.
Posted inHealth
DMV ordered hundreds of Wethersfield staffers back to work after employees tested positive for COVID-19
The DMV commissioner directed hundreds of employees to report to the Wethersfield office Tuesday despite several confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Posted inHealth
In coordinated effort, CT joins NY and NJ to close restaurants, bars and gyms
Connecticut joined New York and New Jersey on Monday in a coordinated effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inTransportation
Democrats promise passage of truck tolls in two weeks
After cancelling a special session slated for Monday, Democratic legislative leaders assured Gov. Ned Lamont that they have the votes to pass his transportation funding plan the week of Feb. 10.