Author: Keith M. Phaneuf, CTMirror.org

This story has been updated.Thousands of Connecticut households will see their SNAP benefits restored within the next few days, possibly as early as Saturday, Gov. Ned Lamont’s office announced Friday.The governor, who has been reluctant to spend state funds on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

Connecticut will continue nutrition, winter heating relief, Medicaid and other community assistance programs over the next month or longer, despite Wednesday’s federal government shutdown that interrupts funds for these programs, Gov. Ned Lamont announced.But the Democratic governor said it’s still premature to commit any of…

Sens. Doug McCrory, D-Windsor, and John Fonfara, D-Hartford, listen to a discussion about the budget bill during session on June 4, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror The General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a $9.7 billion bond package Wednesday to finance school construction, transportation upgrades, and other…

The Connecticut State Capitol on January 7, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Faced with a slumping economy and likely big cuts in federal aid, state legislators are once again weighing whether to turn delinquent taxpayers over to collection agencies — and block renewal of their…

Gov. Ned Lamont takes questions from the press before issuing his veto message Monday. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders said Tuesday they agreed on a compromise that would deliver $40 million in special education funding and $2.88 million in grants…

Democrats say Republican plan is election-year stunt offering little relief Republican state legislators are closing in on a strategy leaders say would chop $125 or more yearly off Connecticut residents’ rising electric bills. But to finance this relief, the GOP would have to loosen its…

But overall assistance will remain well below pre-pandemic levels The state will boost winter heating assistance this year, but at lower than pandemic levels. (Photo: Ehyun Kim / CTMirror.org) Low-income Connecticut households could receive an extra $410 each in heating assistance this coming winter compared with…

Kate Farrar, D-West Hartford, a finance panel member, met with young constituents in March before a press conference supporting the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund proposal. CREDIT: ERICA E. PHILLIPS / CT MIRROR

State House Speaker Matt Ritter, left, and Senate President Martin Looney, right, will try to come to an agreement with Gov. Ned Lamont on a new state budget. CREDIT: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG

State Bond Commission approves more than $1.1 billion in financing for transportation projects Gov. Ned Lamont gets briefed before a groundbreaking in Middletown on a project designed long before passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law. At right, DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto. (Mark Pazniokas, CTMirror.org) While…

The legislature’s Appropriations Committee ran headfirst Tuesday into the state budget spending cap. In a bipartisan vote of 40-12, the Democrat-controlled panel endorsed a $51 billion budget for the next two fiscal years that would soften the big funding cut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed for public colleges and universities…