Connecticut governor to issue $170 million in one-time tax relief in August; GOP leaders calls it 'Election Day pandering' – Hartford Courant
While it’s part of one of the largest tax cuts in state history, it also marks the largest election-year outpouring of one-time relief since Republican Gov. John G. Rowland sent $115 million in income tax rebates to Connecticut households as he sought reelection in 1998.