The CT Mirror

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf |Ginny Monk

The General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a $9.7 billion bond package Wednesday to finance school construction, transportation upgrades and other capital projects for the next two fiscal years. The borrowing plan, which passed 35-1 in the Senate and 144-4 in the House, would expand non-education aid for cities and towns, increase affordable housing and combat homelessness, bolster security at places of worship and support construction and renovation of child care facilities.

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Lisa Hagen

Traducción por Jorge Alatrista, Identidad Latina Multimedia. Read this story in English. Los Republicanos en el Congreso están cada vez más cerca de aprobar una importante ley que podría afectar todo, desde los impuestos hasta inmigración y Medicaid. La “Gran y Hermosa Ley” es el vehículo para promulgar gran parte de la agenda del segundo mandato del presidente Donald J. Trump.

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Keith Phaneuf

Legislators on Wednesday asked Connecticut’s hospitals, which sued the state over escalating taxes 10 years ago, to trust them with their money one more time. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday that legislators, due to a lack of time, couldn’t shrink an approved $375 million hospital tax hike down to $285 million before the General Assembly’s mandatory adjournment deadline at midnight.

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Jenna Carlesso

Last week, senators intent on boosting transparency around long-term care insurance price hikes passed a bill that requires insurers to hold public hearings whenever they raise rates by more than 10%. The measure, introduced as a strike-all amendment on the Senate floor Wednesday — a rewrite of another bill that also includes incentives for high performing nursing homes — cleared the chamber with unanimous support.

3 days ago | ctmirror.org | Rachel Iacovone |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

An effort to deepen economic ties between the State of Connecticut and the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico came together on Tuesday. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a bill that would establish a 23-member trade commission between the state and Puerto Rico. “This is a long time in the making, and I believe that it was the collaborative effort. We worked very hard to make it a reality, and we’re excited that this is moving forward,” said Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven.