Keith M. Phaneuf / CT Mirror

A new report from the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis found General Fund overtime spending of most state agencies went up $20.4 million, or about 11%, during the first three-quarters of this fiscal year, which began last July 1. Total overtime spending approached $207 million.

Connecticut’s diesel tax will increase by 9 cents per gallon on July 1 after a scheduled rate adjustment released Wednesday by the state’s tax office.

More than 90,000 Connecticut households filed for the state’s new child tax rebate in the program’s first week, Rep. Sean Scanlon, the Guilford Democrat who spearheaded the program in the legislature, announced Wednesday.

Republican legislative leaders called Tuesday for a special session to order nearly $750 million in additional state tax and other relief, including suspension of the diesel fuel tax that is projected to climb sharply on July 1.

State worker retirements in 2022 are nearly double the number of retirements state government has faced annually between 2019 and 2021.

A July 1 tax hike and new highway use tax will likely get passed on to CT shoppers.

Cost now exceeds $255 million for project that was pitched at $93 million.

Unionized state employees just received raises topping 4% and will have collected $3,500 in bonuses by mid-July — but that doesn’t mean all compensation issues are settled.

GOP: Lamont is following former Gov. John Rowland’s reelection playbook

A bill that would have enhanced state funding for all types of public elementary and secondary schools bogged down this spring amid fears that it would force primary education and early childhood development programs to compete for the same dollars.