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A year after the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was launched, calls have more than doubled. United Way will expand call center capacity in CT.

In southwest Connecticut, the gap between rich and poor is wider than anywhere else in the country. Invisible walls created by local zoning boards and the state government block affordable housing and, by extension, the people who need it.

The group vows to help CT legislators work around the spending cap in budget negotiations. Meanwhile, a progressive caucus is renewing its fight for tax fairness.

Despite record-setting reserves and growing crises in higher education, social services and state agency staffing, the legislature’s Appropriations Committee is expected to recommend lean spending for the next two fiscal years. One driving force behind the spending proposals tentatively scheduled for release Tuesday stems from the big push Gov. Ned Lamont and many lawmakers from both parties are making to provide households and businesses their second big round of tax cuts in two years.

Despite record-setting reserves in CT, the Appropriations Committee is expected to recommend lean spending for the next two fiscal years.