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CT House GOP leader: State workers are ‘eating at the trough first’. Raises kicked in.
As Connecticut began a new fiscal year two weeks ago projecting to save another $1.2 billion to beef up its finances, state workers are receiving their fourth straight 4.5% hike
CT contracting watchdogs asked not to talk without director’s OK: ‘Sounds like a gag order’
An appointee of Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing that Connecticut’s contracting watchdog panel not publicly discuss its work — which includes investigations of Executive Branch agencies — without clearing it...
Would CT increase taxes on homes of the rich? Here’s how much money it could mean.
An analysis from Connecticut Voices for Children, a progressive policy group, found tax fairness is eroding
CT predicting another $1 billion-plus surplus amid education, housing, social service needs
The controversial program designed to bar legislators from spending “volatile” tax receipts continues to collect big dollars year after year, a contradiction that continues to frustrate those seeking to bolster...
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Study finds diversity and pay gaps remain in CT government jobs
CT has reduced inequities in representation and pay among Black workers in recent years, but the gaps have worsened for Hispanics and Asians.
CT diesel tax to jump 3 cents after yearlong freeze
Connecticut’s trucking industry will face a small tax hike next month when the state tax on diesel fuel rises slightly more than 3 cents per gallon. Truckers dodged a much...
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Unions blast Lamont, consultants over UConn hospital privatization
The coalition representing nearly all unionized state employees blasted Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday and an analysis he commissioned that outlines options to sell or otherwise privatize John Dempsey Hospital...
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Why the Connecticut fight over transportation taxes, reserves rolls on
CT has big unspent gasoline tax receipts for third year in a row
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CT $4.4B bond bill includes 7-year building program for UConn, 10-year plan to address ‘concentrated poverty’
The state Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Wednesday to a measure that would boost planned borrowing for capital projects next fiscal year by $420 million, launch a new seven-year building program...
Revenue boom has CT officials rethinking budget timetable
News that the state will receive a billion dollars more in tax revenue has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle questioning whether the budget timetable needs to be changed.