Key things have changed since CT last exceeded the spending cap

CT Mirror – Friday, may 23, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

Gov. Ned Lamont frustrated fiscal conservatives and progressives alike this week when he agreed to legally exceed Connecticut’s constitutional spending cap for the first time since 2007.

Republican legislators and others on the political right slammed the fiscally moderate governor, calling his action the first step down a path that would return Connecticut to the 2010s, an era marked by several state tax hikes.

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