Connecticut lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont bridged a $3.5 billion biannual budget deficit during the 2021 legislative session, largely using federal COVID relief funds combined with some revenue and accounting adjustments the state has employed
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An updated study published by the Yankee Institute on Wednesday found that Connecticut government employees earn 28 percent more than comparable private sector employees, largely due to public employees’ generous retirement benefits. That difference adds
UConn Health Center is facing $114 million loss in revenue after the coronavirus pandemic emptied beds and ended a large number of medical procedures, according to the budget presentation given to the UConn Board of
**Meghan Portfolio contributed to this article** States and state universities from Hawaii and California to Maine are proposing employee pay cuts, pay freezes and furloughs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has wrecked havoc
In an email to his constituents on Wednesday, Rep. Josh Elliott, D-Hamden, wrote “there will necessarily be a combination of property tax increases or loss of services,” in Hamden, which has been struggling under crushing
Connecticut spent more money per public-school student in 2018 than nearly every other state in the country, according to newly-released data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Connecticut spent $20,635 per student, with only New York
The COVID-19 has forced social distancing measures to be put in place and part of that social distancing is avoiding potentially crowded civic engagement practices like in-person municipal voting. Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive orders suspended
COVID 19 pandemic update: At yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing, Governor Lamont had the two co-chairs of the Reopen CT Advisory Board available to answer questions and discuss the possible timelines for the reopening of non-essential businesses
“In light of the horrifying projected budget deficits revealed this morning and Connecticut’s long-term structural imbalance, the only responsible course is for Gov. Lamont to seek to reopen Connecticut’s existing contract with the State Employees
Budget numbers released by the Office of Fiscal Analysis show Connecticut’s budget deficit this year grew to over $1 billion, an increase of more than $687 million over the previous estimate. Gov. Ned Lamont had