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Weekday ridership on the farebox-dependent regional transit system is below 40% of pre-pandemic levels. Some lawmakers are pushing a state transit rescue package.
"We are delivering the largest cut to Connecticut's income tax rates in state history," Gov. Ned Lamont said.
Cook County, local governments, transit agencies, and the education and hospital sectors all benefit from bills passed by Illinois lawmakers.
The state Senate passed a $56 billion budget that included provision for middle-class tax cuts and credits similar to those Gov. Maura Healey has been seeking.
The state has begun a $1 billion effort to confront a mental health crisis exacerbated by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the biggest transformation in mental health care since massive psychiatric hospitals were shuttered in the 1970s.