Since 2007, lawmakers and governors have agreed 10 times to reduce previous commitments to transfer resources from the budget’s General Fund to the Special Transportation Fund.
Transportation
Posted inTransportation
Does the governor have the votes to pass tolls? To be determined…
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano demanded Monday that Democratic leaders in the senate and the governor’s office prove they have the votes to pass a transportation bill that includes tolls on trucks.
Posted inTransportation
Lamont says he has ‘resolved’ transportation issues with Senate
The goal is to pass the $19 billion transportation bill, which requires tolls for tractor trailers, before the regular 2020 session opens Feb. 5.
Posted inMoney
Best of 2019: DOT says transportation capital program needs more funding
DOT officials say Connecticut needs to increase capital spending by 30 percent to transform the state’s aging, overcrowded transportation system.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Best of 2019: Future of the gas tax? Running on empty.
The gas tax is at the core of the tolls debate. Climate change is at the core of the gas tax. But switching to electric vehicles will mean less gas tax revenue.
Posted inMoney
Best of 2019: So you think you know about transportation and tolls?
Tolls, gas taxes, highways, bridges and rail lines are in the news. How much do you know about them?
Posted inEducation
State auditors expose gaps in background checks for school bus drivers
State auditors say gaps in criminal background check procedures for school bus drivers could place children in jeopardy.
Posted inMoney
Connecticut’s legacy of debt weighed heavy on Lamont’s first budget
Gov. Ned Lamont had lofty goals, but found was that fixing Connecticut’s budget meant grappling with the state’s enormous debt.
Posted inTransportation
House Democrats counter with trucks-only tolls
House Democrats recycled a campaign proposal made and abandoned by Gov. Ned Lamont: Trucks-only tolls.
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Senate GOP’s no-tolls alternative relies on rainy day fund
The Senate GOP alternative to tolls is creative, but requires depleting two-thirds of the state’s budget reserves.
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Connecticut’s businessman-governor tries to make a sale
Gov. Ned Lamont celebrated getting support from major employers for CT2030. What he really needs is a half dozen state senators.
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With GOP on sidelines, Senate Dems cool to CT2030
Gov. Ned Lamont’s CT2030 plan has no champion in the Senate, but he’ll pitch them on Wednesday.
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This is Lamont’s vision for transportation — and how he’ll sell it
The ambitious new plan has a political deftness missing in the original. Can the governor sell it?
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Lamont commutes to the Senate GOP to pitch CT 2030
Gov. Ned Lamont pitched to the GOP sweet spot, highlighting what his transportation proposal would mean for Metro-North commuters.
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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.
