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Analysts predict deficits unless officials find a balance

Nearly 100,000 state residents will be receiving letters in the mail starting this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased under a partnership between the state and the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt.

Another 19 bills have received Gov. Ned Lamont’s signature, according to the bill notification list on Lamont’s official website.

Just days before the end of the legislative session, Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, presented his fifth amendment after as many hours of debate to a piece of labor legislation. The amendment failed, but Sampson spoke for two hours and 48 minutes that day.

Senate Bill 1, the 2027 budget adjustment bill, became law Tuesday as Gov. Ned Lamont signed it as Public Act 26-68. The bill passed the General Assembly earlier this month with bipartisan support in both legislative houses, clearing the Senate 30-6 and the House of Representatives 127-21.

Attorney General William Tong joined a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Education over new limits to student loan borrowing.

Ned Lamont secured the endorsement of Connecticut’s Democratic Party on Saturday as the two-term governor prepares to campaign for another term leading the state.

Connecticut Republicans united Saturday behind a 36-year-old state senator, Ryan Fazio of Greenwich, as their choice to push the GOP past the scandal that derailed the former convention favorite, Erin Stewart, and on to the challenge of unseating an incumbent governor for the first time in 72 years.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has submitted a supplemental plan to the bipartisan leadership of the Connecticut General Assembly to use funding from the state’s Federal Cuts Response Fund to mitigate the impact of federal funding reductions and other policy decisions made by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans.

Immersive experiences, educational programs, commemorative events and community-driven celebrations across all 169 municipalities in the state will highlight Connecticut’s efforts to celebrate and reflect on the 250th anniversary of American independence.

While two large advocacy organizations said they were mostly pleased with the General Assembly’s work this year, business and grassroots citizen groups said lawmakers didn’t do enough to ease the burden on those feeling the pressure of higher energy and healthcare costs.

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Surpluses since 2020 have canceled $11 billion in pension debt

Gov. Ned Lamont congratulated the state legislature for a job well done Thursday, about 12 hours after the final gavel came down ending the 2026 session.

A day after the 2026 legislative session ended, state officials were still sorting through the dozens of bills that passed the General Assembly. Gov. Ned Lamont praised the legislature for a job well done.

The Senate stayed overnight at the state Capitol to pass a gun control bill and legislation that would make millions of dollars in revisions to the state’s recently adopted state budget and — among other things — delay Hartford’s revaluation by one year and help struggling Ansonia revive a failed and ruinously expensive fuel cell project.

Voting would become more convenient for many state residents under a proposal the Senate passed late Wednesday afternoon.

Communities can use school grants to ease tax burdens, sometimes.

Senate Bill 4, which outlines new regulations for data brokers, had been marked as a priority bill for lawmakers as the session comes to a close.

The often volatile, final act of the Connecticut General Assembly’s annual session begins Monday with an adopted budget, but scores of bills and more than a dozen judicial and executive nominations are awaiting final action before the constitutional adjournment deadline of midnight Wednesday.