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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he is not in favor of amending the state’s fiscal guardrails in the budget. But on Monday, he told reporters he is considering reallocating federal American Rescue Plan Act money to support different state sectors.
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The directive from Gov. Lamont’s budget director was issued hours after The Connecticut Mirror published a story about legislators' concerns.
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The Connecticut General Assembly has passed an emergency bill to spend $17 million on the state’s federally funded winter heating assistance programs.
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Some Connecticut lawmakers and school nutrition advocates have urged Gov. Ned Lamont to continue a $16 million expansion of the state’s free school meal program in his 2024 budget proposal.
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More public school students in Connecticut will receive free meals, including breakfast, for the upcoming school year. The state is spending $16 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand the program.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut officials say more than 2,000 formerly incarcerated residents have benefitted from the city’s prisoner reentry programs funded by the American Rescue Plan.
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The Connecticut Energy Assistance Program’s coffers have been swelled with $30 million in additional American Rescue Plan Act money approved by state lawmakers last November, and another $20 million from the federal omnibus spending package passed by Congress last December.
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There is an affordable housing crisis, an eviction crisis and a homelessness crisis in Connecticut. While they are interrelated, solutions differ. A group of unhoused people and their allies in New Haven want to provide safety and dignity for people who are homeless right now.
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Connecticut's newest and largest job training program, called CareerConneCT, was launched in August. More than 1,100 residents have already enrolled.
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A new program announced by Governor Ned Lamont is expected to enhance internet access and reliability for Connecticut residents.