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The compromise avoids a showdown with Gov. Youngkin over modernizing Virginias tax code and returning to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. It also sidesteps debate over electronic skill games.

Teachers and state workers will get raises

When state legislators learned Tuesday that the state government would receive billions more tax dollars over the next few years than anticipated, the good news was tinged with bipartisan disappointme...

If CT lawmakers had known earlier about projected big budget numbers, they might have done things differently in this short session.

Progressives have said this year’s budget debate, which involved huge piles of untouchable cash, will fuel the push for reforms in 2025.

Elected officials will soon hear a bill in the Connecticut House of Representatives designed to restrict law enforcement from conducting motor vehicle stops for secondary traffic offenses, a measure presented

Analysts say the raises will cost CT about $190 million next fiscal year. Raises go into effect July 1 and a step hike on Jan. 1.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Democratic-controlled General Assembly approved a 2.5% general wage increase Tuesday for the bulk of state government’s workforce, about 46,000 state employees, many of whom also would receive a step hike in the coming fiscal year. In the House of Representatives, 97 Democrats joined with nine Republicans to back the raises, while […] The post Conn. Legislature OKs 2.5% raise plus step hike for most state employees appeared first on Rhode Island Current...

The wheels of the CT General Assembly slowly began turning this week, producing some of the first floor votes since the 2024 session opened.

The raises, which the full legislature is expected to vote upon before the regular session ends May 8, would cost more than $190 million.