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$55.8 Billion Budget Heads To Lamont’s Desk

June 04, 2025

After 12 hours of debate and a series of failed Republican amendments, the Connecticut Senate approved a new, two-year state budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, unchanged from the one it received Monday night from the House. The budget is the result of a deal negotiated by legislative leaders and Gov. Ned Lamont.

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CFO Dive: Connecticut passes alternative CPA licensure bill

June 04, 2025

The legislation, which awaits signing by Governor Ned Lamont, includes a provision enabling licensed CPAs form other states in “good standing” to practice in Connecticut.

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CT Senate sends new biennial budget to Lamont’s desk

June 04, 2025

Package to be adjusted to lessen hospital tax increase.

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CT’s $9.7B bond package to enhance local aid, housing

June 04, 2025

Biennial borrowing plan draws strong bipartisan support.

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Governor Lamont To Sign Legislation on Electric Ratepayer Relief

June 03, 2025

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he will soon sign into law legislation that takes a step forward in reducing electric bills, delivering Connecticut consumers nearly $400 million in annual savings, as well as laying the groundwork for longer term reductions in public benefits charges and cuts in supply, delivery, and transmission fees.

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House Passes $55.8B State Budget

June 03, 2025

The two-year, $55.8 billion budget that passed out of the Connecticut House of Representatives on a mostly party-line vote late Monday night remains within the state budget cap despite increasing spending by $2.63 billion over the next two fiscal years.

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A delicate dance: Maneuvering around CT’s budget cap

June 01, 2025

Lawmakers expected to adopt new biennial plan before the 2025 legislative session closes Wednesday.

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Bill To Allow Striking Workers Unemployment Benefits Passes House, Heads For Likely Lamont Veto

May 30, 2025

The Connecticut House of Representatives on Friday debated and approved Senate Bill 8, An Act Concerning Protections For Workers and Enhancements to Workers’ Rights, a labor bill that would allow workers engaged in labor disputes to access unemployment benefits.

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CTCPA Bill to Modernize CPA Licensure and Mobility Laws Passes House and Senate, Awaits Governor's Signature

May 29, 2025

The bill passed in the Connecticut House of Representatives with no opposition on April 28 and the Senate on May 29 and will now move to be signed by Governor Lamont.

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CT budget fight hinges on cutting higher ed reserves

May 28, 2025

Lamont challenges lawmakers to tap $1.1 billion that universities stashed away.

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Governor Lamont Releases $30 Million for Infrastructure Improvements in 46 Small Towns

May 28, 2025

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is releasing $30 million in state grants to 46 small towns in Connecticut that will be used to complete a wide variety of infrastructure improvements, such as road safety reconstruction projects, emergency management upgrades, sidewalk and pedestrian safety enhancements, educational and recreational facility upgrades, and other kinds of capital improvement projects.

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House Speaker Floats One-Year Budget Proposal; Lamont Says That Would Be ‘A Mistake’

May 28, 2025

The state legislature is eyeing a fiscal tactic not seen in half a century to deal with state budget uncertainty. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday morning that a one-year budget was “very much in play” and looking “more and more likely.”

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CT House approves omnibus housing bill following compromises

May 27, 2025

One GOP lawmaker got a rare unanimous vote against his amendment after trying a unique political tactic.

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CT child tax credit still possible as budget talks hit home stretch

May 27, 2025

Leaders hope to offer $150 per child, up to $450 per household.

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Spending cap will temper big investments in next CT budget

May 27, 2025

Medicaid, social services, special ed increases will be modest.

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CT Bill Tracker 2025: Legislation we’re following this session

May 20, 2025

The Connecticut Mirror’s 2025 legislation tracker is a tool to help you, our readers, track certain bills as they work their way through the legislative process.

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DRS Provides Update on Status of Pending Refund Claims

May 20, 2025

The purpose of this notice is to provide those taxpayers who have yet to receive their income tax refunds for taxable year 2024 with a timeline as to when those refunds will be processed.

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CT legislature approves bill to cover Medicaid shortfall

May 19, 2025

Lamont declares first spending cap emergency since 2007.

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CT legislature jumps to avoid 235% hike in workers’ comp rates

May 19, 2025

Workers’ compensation legislation intended to spare employers crippling increases in insurance premiums passed the General Assembly on Monday, a step towards rapidly resolving a crisis ignited two months ago by a Connecticut Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted a line in a sweeping reforms law passed in 1993.

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One skirmish over the CT budget is over, but the big battle looms

May 18, 2025

CT still faces a landmark debate over budget controls in the next few years.

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