Lawmakers to offer CT budget that pushes back on ‘fiscal guardrails’

CT Mirror – Monday, April 21, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

Though potentially massive cuts in federal aid loom, Connecticut’s General Assembly can’t tackle that crisis until it first solves another.

State budget caps that amassed huge surpluses since 2017 have taken a heavy toll, leaving big challenges for funding education, health care and social services.

The legislature’s Appropriations Committee will begin trying to plug those gaps Tuesday when it proposes a spending plan for the next two fiscal years. That blueprint will set the stage for final budget negotiations with Gov. Ned Lamont later this spring or summer as the picture from Washington becomes clearer.

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