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Connecticut Budget Director Jeff Beckham defended Gov. Ned Lamont’s support for fiscal guardrails before a key legislative committee, but Democrats pushed back.
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Some Connecticut Democrats have joined labor, faith and community groups to create an equity agenda for the state General Assembly to consider this year.
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Connecticut is experiencing a budget surplus, and lawmakers say adjustments to fiscal guardrails will be the most contentious proposal on the agenda for the legislative session that begins on Wednesday.
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Even if the economy slips, CT could have a rainy day fund approaching $4 billion, its largest fiscal bulwark ever, by next fall.
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A new report is expected to show Connecticut's budget remains in balance — but that the days of huge surpluses are over for now.
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Connecticut lawmakers have renewed a 2017 bipartisan budget control agreement for an additional five years. The original agreement produced $9 billion in state surpluses over the past four years.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont will present his next two-year state budget proposal to lawmakers on Wednesday. It includes tax cuts for more than a million state residents — the largest since the state’s graduated income tax rate was introduced in 1996.
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Connecticut officials are projecting that the state will continue to have a significant budget surplus for the next four years.
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Democrats are outspending their GOP opponents in the final month of the midterms.
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said a $17 million surplus and the upgrade to its credit rating mean the city's finances are improving.