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Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour.

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour. In May 2019, Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 per hour to $15 with annual increases until 2023. “This is perhaps one of the most impactful pieces of legislation for working families that a governor…

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on June 1 and go from $14 per hour to $15 per hour.

Gov. Ned Lamont today said he is nominating Sandra Slack Glover, of Guilford, to serve as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Glover, 52, is being nominated to fill the seat that was held by the Honorable Maria Araújo Kahn, who resigned last month after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the U.S. Court...

Governor Lamont’s English Learners Bill of Rights aims to allow parents to enroll students in school regardless of immigration status.

UConn students walked out of class Wednesday and traveled to the state capitol in Hartford in response to Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget plan.

UConn students are planning to walk out Wednesday and travel to the state Capitol in Hartford in response to Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget plan. The university president said the budget falls short of adequately funding the university and could lead to increasing tuition by thousands of dollars.

UConn students walked out of class Wednesday and traveled to the state Capitol in Hartford in response to Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget plan. The university president said the budget falls short of adequately funding the university and could lead to increasing tuition by thousands of dollars. Dr. Radenka Maric. the University of Connecticut’s president, said if it is enacted...

Following Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget address Wednesday, students and staff at UConn said they are worried about funding.  University President Dr. Radenka Maric said UConn could lose nearly $160 million next year and almost $200 million the following year.  In a letter to the university, she said in part: “The appropriations proposed for UConn and UConn Health fall far short of…

UConn’s president said the school could lose nearly $160 million next year, even more the following year and raise tuition for students.

Gov. Ned Lamont delivered his budget address to the General Assembly Wednesday. Here is his address for the budget for fiscal year 2024-2025, as prepared. The speech is called “Building Growth and Opportunity for All.” “Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator Kelly, Representative Candelora, Lieutenant Governor Bysiewicz, members of the General Assembly, since I last joined you here in the...

Nearly a decade after Connecticut was infamously described as being in a “permanent state of fiscal crisis,” struggling year after year to balance deficit-ridden budgets, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday proposed the state’s first income tax reduction in nearly 30 years and its largest ever. Lamont said the state’s fiscal health is now the strongest it’s been in...

Gov. Ned Lamont will present his budget address to the General Assembly Wednesday, outlining plans for his two-year budget. In recent weeks, the governor has revealed some of his legislative proposals. Here are some details on what Lamont has said he wants to do: On Monday, Lamont announced plans for the state’s first personal income tax rate reduction since 1996….

Getting birth control in Connecticut could soon be easier than ever before. The Lamont administration wants to join several other states in the country that allow pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives over the counter. A new proposal would remove some barriers and allow women to visit their local pharmacy for birth control prescriptions. Already, 20 other states in the country…

Gov. Ned Lamont plans to propose legislation to cancel overdue medical debts for thousands of Connecticut residents who he said are struggling to pay their bills. Lamont is proposing to use $20 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to contract with a nonprofit organization that buys medical debt and eliminates it at a fraction…

Gov. Ned Lamont today is proposing increasing Connecticut’s Earned Income Tax Credit. The governor said Monday that his budget proposal will include increasing the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit from 30.5% to 40%. The governor said it will provide an additional $44.6 million in state tax credits to around 211,675 low-income households above the amount they are currently receiving. “Numerous…

The governor has announced a second set of proposals to address gun violence and said they are intended to help in the fight against mass shootings. Lamont said the proposals include raising the age to purchase all firearms to 21, expanding the assault weapons ban and strengthening penalties related to the state’s ban on large-capacity magazines. On Thursday, Gov. Ned…

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced legislative proposals that aim to curb gun violence in Connecticut. During a news conference on Monday, Lamont talked about the first in the series of proposals that will be introduced during the 2023 legislative session. “National statistics show that Connecticut remains one of the safest states in the country and violent crime has been decreasing…

A special election will be held in February for voters to come together and choose a representative for the 100th Assembly District after the tragic death of State Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams. Williams was killed in a crash early on the morning of Jan. 5, hours after he was sworn in for what would have been his third term representing…

Governor Lamont delivered the 2023 State of the State Address on Wednesday. Watch his full speech.