CT budget: House OKs $55.8B spending plan investing in children

CT Mirror – Tuesday, June 3, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

The state House of Representatives adopted a $55.8 billion two-year budget early Tuesday that invests in child care and K-12 education, provides a $250 tax cut to working poor families and increases hospital taxes in hopes of securing more federal Medicaid grants before Washington caps that program.

The biennial plan, which the Senate is expected to debate Tuesday, increases payments to health care providers who treat the poor but offers a more modest boost than legislative leaders had pledged. Similarly, the budget includes no general increase next fiscal year for nonprofit social service agencies, though it features a $76 million cost-of-living hike in 2026-27. That delayed increase comes with an asterisk, though, since many expect Connecticut’s fiscal picture to change dramatically before then due to shrinking federal aid.

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