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The Appropriations Committee got heated Thursday over the absence of the word "mother" in a bill aimed at maximizing federal resources for mental health services for young children, their caregivers, and pregnant persons.
The state budget spending cap is expected to slam down on Connecticut’s public colleges and universities next year, reducing course offerings and teaching posts while triggering further tuition and fees hikes. As the emergency fund surpluses that kept higher education afloat during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic disappear, the cap is blocking advocates who […]
Money that kept CT higher education afloat during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is going away, and colleges face course and job cuts.
The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents are poised to finalize their budgets in the coming weeks. Both systems say they can balance their budget thanks, in part, to additional money included in the $51-billion budget recently signed by Gov. Ned Lamont.
HARTFORD — Connecticut’s two-year, $51 billion state budget — including a historic cut to personal income taxes — cleared the General Assembly with strong bipartisan support on Tuesday and now