Budget proposals are a work-in-progress starting point. What Governor Ned Lamont’s spending plan means for Bridgeport is now in the hands of legislative budget analysts
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Columnist: Education ‘Intervention’ In Bridgeport Is Cover For A State Bailout
Veteran columnist and OIB friend Chris Powell shares this commentary about the state’s intervention in Bridgeport’s financially struggling school system: Last week Governor Lamont and
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Lamont Proposes Legislation To Strengthen Response To Extreme Weather Events
From Governor Lamont: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the package of legislative proposals that he will ask the Connecticut General Assembly to consider for
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Lamont State Of State Address: Our North Stars, Affordability And Opportunity
Governor Ned Lamont, on the first day of the General Assembly’s legislative session, issued this State of the State speech. Also see corresponding video. This
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Lamont Issues Executive Order, Requests Statewide Minute Of Silence, Honoring Jimmy Carter’s Service To CT And Nation
From Governor Lamont: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an executive order (Executive Order No. 25-1) declaring Thursday, January 9, 2025, a
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The Debate Over CT’s Fiscal Guardrails – Adjust Or Hold Firm On Spending?
To some Connecticut’s fiscal guardrails, implemented in 2017 to cap spending, pose a safety net against deficits; to others they shortchange needs of residents in
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Watch: Lamont Announces Plans To Demolish Decommissioned Power Plant
Governor Ned Lamont Tuesday afternoon conducted a news conference to announce plans to demolish the decommissioned PSEG power plant on Bridgeport’s shoreline in the South
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Watch: Lamont Tours East End Development Featuring Grocery Store, Pharmacy, Healthcare Facility, Bank Branch
Backed by city and state dollars including $3.5 million from Connecticut’s Community Investment Fund the East End’s Honey Locust Square project is making progress to
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