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Scanlon renewed his call to provide the full bonuses, reporting it would cost at least an extra $99 million to keep what effectively amounted to a promise to remember and reward private-sector workers who risked their lives when the coronavirus struck in 2020.
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The study cited “notable disparities” in emergency room visits with Black and Hispanic health insurance plan members more likely to seek emergency care and less likely to receive preventive visits.
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State finances have been exceeding expectations for much of the past four years.
Less than three months after the state closed the 2021-22 fiscal year with a staggering $4.3 billion surplus, Connecticut again is piling up the black ink in huge numbers. Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office reported Tuesday that the General Fund — which covers the bulk of operating costs in the current, $24.2 billion budget — is on pace for a $445 million surplus. That’s up $146 million from the $299 million cushion Lamont and lawmakers built into the latest budget when they approved it last May.