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Bob Stefanowski, the GOP nominee for governor, and his running mate Laura Devlin are campaigning on a plan to fix Connecticut’s economy. But first, they have to convince voters that it’s broken. On Tuesday morning, at a Bruegger’s Bagels shop in New Haven, Stefanowski and Devlin made their case. “The economy is in a freefall,” Stefanowski said, citing a Friday report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which showed Connecticut’s economy declined 4.7% in the second quarter of this year, April through June. That growth rate was second-worst nationally.

“We have a $6 billion budget surplus in Hartford. That means the governor has collected more taxes from us than he needs,” the candidate said, on a seasonably wet, gray and blustery morning in New Haven.

New London ― Gov. Ned Lamont traveled to The Day’s building on Monday, taking questions from reporters and editorial board members on the economy, state pier, the Mystic Education Center property, abo...

Bob Stefanowski saw a recession and job losses on the menu at Bruegger's Bagels Tuesday and charged them to Ned Lamont's account. …

From: susan quish