Connecticut’s House of Representatives approved a two-year, $46.7 billion state budget deal early Wednesday with no new taxes that lawmakers said will help guide the state as it continues to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
Connecticut on Wednesday received its first credit rating upgrade in two decades, prompting Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont to proclaim the state is “emerging as a financial leader among the states.”
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has hired a private consultant to evaluate the efficiency of Connecticut’s state government workforce and help prepare for the large number of state employees who are anticipated to retire by 2022.
Expanded free mobile testing for COVID-19, with no prescriptions required, has begun in several Connecticut cities. It’s part of the state’s effort to ramp-up testing of people living in densely populated areas to help keep tabs on possible flareups.
According to a new scorecard from the state Department of Labor, New Haven’s economy is doing better than that of any other Connecticut city.
The state economy grew in the last quarter of 2018, but at a much slower pace than in the third quarter, according to the newest data from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Connecticut’s financial picture appears to be brightening somewhat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget director told state lawmakers Tuesday.
