By Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror
Fresh off extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers, state legislators are pressing Lamont on how and when he will divvy up nearly $1 billion in new federal relief earmarked for education and housing and they aren’t alone.
The largest lobbying group for cities and towns also wants to know when more than half of that money approved by Congress more than a month ago will go to local school districts.
And behind those questions is another big one:
Can Lamont, whose emergency powers to handle the coronavirus pandemic recently were extended until April 20, make those decisions by himself even though he insists he won’t?
CT has nearly $1B in new COVID relief. How will it be spent?
Keith M. Phaneuf, CTMirror.org
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Fresh off extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers, state legislators are pressing the governor on how and when he will divvy up nearly $1 billion in new federal relief earmarked for education and housing and they aren’t alone.
The largest lobbying group for cities and towns also wants to know when more than half of that money approved by Congress more than a month ago will go to local school districts.
And behind those questions is another big one:
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Connecticut has nearly $1B in new federal relief. Legislators and municipalities want to know how Lamont plans to divvy it up.
Gov. Ned Lamont talking outside the Executive Residence.
Fresh off extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers, state legislators are pressing Lamont on how and when he will divvy up nearly $1 billion in new federal relief earmarked for education and housing and they aren’t alone.
The largest lobbying group for cities and towns also wants to know when more than half of that money approved by Congress more than a month ago will go to local school districts.
Lamont seeks extension of emergency authority until April
By DAVE COLLINS and SUSAN HAIGHJanuary 25, 2021 GMT
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he plans to ask Connecticut lawmakers to extend his public health emergency powers until April 20, noting that the state is beginning to see more cases of a highly infectious COVID-19 variant.
The Democrat’s special executive authority, originally granted by leaders of the General Assembly last year to help speed up the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, was already extended once. It was set to expire on Feb. 9.
“We think by April 20 we’re going to have a really good handle on where we stand in terms of vaccinations, where we stand on the supply of vaccinations, where we stand on bending the curve, where we stand compared to that super contagious variant of the germ that’s out there hitting us every day right now,” Lamont said.