Here are the political news highlights from last week from and about Connecticut. An agreement was reached between Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state employee union leaders concerning his proposal that state employees concede a total of $2 billion over the next two years in an effort to address the state budget...
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Here are last week’s political news highlights from and about Connecticut. Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law the new state budget, starting on July 1, 2011 and ending on June 30, 2013. It includes tax increases valued at about $3 billion for the next two years combined, the highest tax hikes in...
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Here are the political news highlights from last week in and about Connecticut. Here’s a list of brief descriptions of the most important impact of some of the bills that the state House of Representatives passed last week. They will need to pass the state Senate as well before they would go to the...
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Here are last week’s political news highlights from and about Connecticut. On Wednesday, the state legislature and Governor Dannel Malloy agreed on the two-year budget starting on July 1, 2011 until June 30, 2013, estimated at $40.2 billion. The tax-free week in August will be preserved, and the sales tax on hair cuts, car...
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Here are the political news highlights from last week in and about Connecticut.   Here’s a list of some of the measures passed on the floor at the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA): • 48 acres are transferred from Trumbull to Bridgeport. The Connecticut Post reported that a $126 million project including the construction of a...
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Here are the political news highlights from last week from and about Connecticut. The Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) announced that Golden Rule Insurance Company filed a request to increase its individual health plans by 2.2 percent starting on July 1, 2011. The CID added that increases in medical costs and benefit mandates discussed in...
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