The showdown between Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly over the budgetary spending cap seemingly sprang up in the last two weeks around a growing crisis in special education. But the seeds of ...

State officials are poised to legally exceed Connecticut’s spending cap for the first time in nearly two decades to avert a crisis in paying Medicaid bills — and to pave the way for a new two-year ...

Gov. Ned Lamont frustrated fiscal conservatives and progressives alike this week when he agreed to legally exceed Connecticut’s constitutional spending cap for the first time since 2007. Republican ...

The state legislature voted Monday to spend an additional $284 million on Medicaid in a compromise deal that exceeded the state’s spending cap and paved the way to craft a new, two-year state budget.

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) gave a sneak peek into his upcoming budget proposals on Wednesday morning at an annual breakfast with state business leaders. During his State of the State speech ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — This week on Capitol Report, what’s expected in the final days of Connecticut’s 2024 legislative session. State revenues are higher than projected — what does this mean ...

House Speaker Matt Ritter and Gov. Ned Lamont have found a compromise on CT's spending cap. MARK PAZNIOKAS / CT MIRROR State officials are poised to legally exceed Connecticut’s spending cap for the ...

CT finances are much healthier now than during last cap exception To say state government is better prepared to handle a spending cap exception now than it was in 2007 is an understatement. The first ...