CT Budget

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed an executive order to make childcare more accessible, equitable and affordable for state residents.

Governor Ned Lamont is combating Connecticut’s housing crisis by proposing an increase in state funding to help low and moderate-income first-time homebuyers get into the market.

Connecticut legislators proposed a bill that would deliver $13.6 million in early aid to Bridgeport public schools for the 2024-25 school year.

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.

Unionized long-term care workers gathered at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Tuesday to demand higher wages. They want to make a minimum of $25 an hour by 2025.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont presented his next two-year budget plan to a joint session of the state General Assembly on Wednesday.

Connecticut legislators will look through a different lens Wednesday when Governor Ned Lamont proposes the next state budget.

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.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced Monday his new two-year budget plan will include the state's first personal income tax rate reduction since 1996, one of several tax relief proposals he will officially unveil to the General Assembly on Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, wants to provide additional aid for college students and their families. She is calling on House Republicans, who currently hold the majority, to continue funding programs like the Pell Grant.