state budget

The state Bond Commission approved $1.1 Billion in bonds Friday for various projects, including transportation, schools, and a Sandy Hook memorial.

Called “historic” by some lawmakers, Gov. Lamont signed the state’s two-year budget into law Wednesday.

Connecticut has a two-year, $46.7 billion budget and it passed for the first time in four years with bipartisan support.

It was more than 800 pages of public policy, but the budget bill that’s on the way to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk may have been used to settle some scores between the Senate and the House.

Connecticut lawmakers have approved a two-year, $46.3 billion state budget on the final day of the legislative session

State lawmakers have passed a highway trucking fee expected to raise $90 million for the transportation fund, but opponents say it will raise prices for everyone and put an undue burden on some businesses in the state.

Connecticut state Senators were debating the state budget on Wednesday evening.

House Passes $46.7 Billion Budget

With just a little over a day left in the legislative session the House of Representatives is debating the budget bill. If it passes, it will head to the Senate.

The House of Representatives passed a two-year, $46.7 billion state budget deal that lawmakers said will help guide Connecticut as it continues to emerge from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic that left more than 8,200 people dead and double-digit unemployment rates in some communities. “It’s time to press the reset button on those issues,” said Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, co-chair…

The House of Representatives met Wednesday to vote on a bill that increases funding to municipalities and one that would prohibit discrimination against natural Black hair styles in the workplace.  “I think it’s important to do the increase in PILOT funding now because it puts a marker down,” House Speaker Matt Ritter said. “It makes it very clear that...

Governor Ned Lamont laid out his budget plan and ideas to help get the state through the tough times of the pandemic.

Gov. Ned Lamont pitched a two-year, $46 billion budget Wednesday that doesn’t raise income or sales taxes and relies on federal stimulus funds to close a $4 billion deficit. “While my administration will continue to be laser-focused on managing the COVID-19 crisis, we must focus on the light at the end of the tunnel.  Every action we take in response…

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut appears on track to end the current fiscal year with a surplus, according to new figures released Friday. State officials previously predicted the state budget could be about $2 billion in deficit, because of the business shutdowns earlier in 2020 to help stop the spread of infections, coupled with the subsequent job losses. “Portions…

Connecticut has rehired the Boston Consulting Group, this time to study the effects of a surge in expected state worker retirements will have on the state.

The Massachusetts firm the state hired to help reopen Connecticut’s economy is back. Boston Consulting Group landed another $2 million contract with the state of Connecticut.  “Back in 2017 in bipartisan fashion the legislature in their budget that year ordered the governor to hire a national consultant to help look for efficiencies and cost savings in-state operations,” Josh Geballe, Gov….

A lot of the work health departments perform happens behind the scenes and out of the public eye.  According to their directors, most of those public health employees have not had a break since this pandemic started. “It seems like superhero hours, nights and weekends without breaks,” said Jennifer Muggeo, the deputy director for the Ledge Light Health District in...

The city of New Haven announced it has a budget surplus despite the pandemic.

Connecticut is only one month into a new fiscal year and already it’s running a $2.1 billion budget deficit. That’s the bad news. The good news is the state has a record amount in its rainy day fund.  “We are staring down the barrel at great uncertainty, and a potential budget deficit in the new fiscal year. But we...

NBC CT’s Christine Stuart helped explain some of the news out of the State Capitol — legislative concerns over the governor’s extension of his emergency powers and a no confidence vote from the state police union.