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The legislature’s Appropriations Committee proposed a $24.2 billion budget Thursday for the next fiscal year that makes unprecedented new investments in child care while fully funding the state’s contracting watchdog agency for the first time in its 15-year history.

The Finance Committee wants to push property tax credit to $400 in 2024.

Relief likely wouldn’t start until 2024 because of federal pandemic aid rules.

Gov. Ned Lamont defended raises and bonuses Tuesday that could boost state employees’ pay close to 7% this year, calling them vital to the state’s ability to recruit talent and preserve services amidst high inflation.

Lawmakers are expected to endorse income tax cuts for the working poor and middle class, as well as a new child tax credit.

More than 30 state employee bargaining units have ratified contracts that would provide more than 40,000 workers with $3,500 in bonuses by July, along with three years of raises, the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition announced Friday.

Industry fears vague statute could spark unfair complaints of price-gouging

Still unclear whether Gov. Ned Lamont will support new positions

When the coronavirus struck Connecticut in March 2020, Eddie Jamal had opened his second gas station in Bridgeport only a few weeks earlier. He tried to hold on as closures and curfews slowed his business to a crawl.

The House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a three-month state gasoline tax holiday starting April 1.