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April 29, 2021 2:00 PM, EDT Connecticut Republicans Attack Governor’s Truck-Tax Plan Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont by Brad Horrigan/courant.com via Tribune Content Agency HARTFORD, Conn. Republican state lawmakers, along with trucking and food-distribution executives, on April 28 declared war on Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed regional climate initiative and user tax for heavy trucks on state highways. They called for the state to invest instead in greenways and open space, and again called for Connecticut’s delegation in Congress to push for air pollution reductions in midwestern states whose emissions drastically affect air quality through prevailing winds. On a downtown street corner a block from the State Capitol complex, House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora and Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly charged that Lamont’s participation in the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative would steadily raise gasoline taxes on working families while providing subsidies fo

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