While Gov. Ned Lamont insists his new state budget proposal would reduce inequality statewide, legislators and interest groups raised a counter-question Wednesday:
Will it reduce inequality enough?
Lamont became first governor this week to propose a new state budget that includes an analysis on what provisions it offers to close the gaps in education, health care, housing, economic opportunity and other vital services that radically separate Connecticut’s wealthy suburbs from its poor urban centers.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed biennial state budget was greeted with cautious optimism and undiluted concern by leading business and social organizations across the state.
Yale medical student Aishwarya Pillai "Zoomed" up to Hartford to tell state legislators about the crushed skulls and other carnage she's seen patients…
Carol Platt Liebau, president of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a conservative fiscal think-tank, thinks something good can come out of the gubernatorial candidates’ messaging.