Lumber Dealers Association of Connecticut
Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce
Connecticut Bus Association, Inc.
Now is the worst possible time to increase costs on hard-working residents who cannot afford to have their health coverage jeopardized as we work to recover from this pandemic, the coalition stressed.
Thousands of local businesses in Connecticut are proud to provide health care for their employees. Yet, this proposed tax has the potential to force local business owners into unwanted and difficult decisions that will impact their ability to fully recover and re-open.
Earlier this month, local business leaders called on Governor Lamont and the General Assembly to acknowledge the negative affects the proposed tax would have on working-class families in the midst of a public health and economic crisis.
By Keith M. Phaneuf and Kasturi Pananjady
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to propose a lean budget Wednesday that averts tax hikes while closing a major deficit and positions Connecticut’s economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
But some of the governor’s fellow Democrats fear “lean” really means austere and that the plan will lack targeted tax relief and expanded investments in health care, social services and transportation without which, they say, a recovery that includes all classes is impossible.
“At the end of the day, the governor will be focused on preparing Connecticut for recovery and growth,” Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw said of the biennial budget Lamont will unveil on Wednesday.
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to propose a lean budget Wednesday that averts tax hikes while closing a major deficit and positions Connecticut s economy to
Tue January 19, 2021 - Northeast Edition
The CT Mirror
Construction and maintenance spending on Connecticut’s highways has decreased.
While the coronavirus dominated summer headlines, Connecticut s five-year effort to accelerate the transportation rebuilding program slowed to a stroll on July 1.
A risky initiative to force tolls by borrowing and spending billions of extra dollars on new projects between 2016 and 2020 concluded on that date, without those fees or any other plan to pay for all of it.
Now the state is left with a $2.8 billion bill, a cash-starved Special Transportation Fund (STF) headed toward insolvency and a construction industry poised to shrink even as the state struggles with unprecedented unemployment.
While the coronavirus dominated summer headlines, Connecticut’s five-year effort to accelerate the transportation rebuilding program slowed to a stroll on July 1.
A risky initiative to force tolls by borrowing and spending billions of extra dollars on new projects between 2016 and 2020 concluded July 1, without those controversial fees or any other plan to pay for all of it.