Lamont's idea to limit rent increases by out-of-state landlords quickly drew opposition from GOP lawmakers and landlords.

Gov. Ned Lamont and the legislature don't see eye-to-eye on the spending cap. Credit: Stephen Busemeyer / CT Mirror The showdown between Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly over the budgetary ...

For more than 30 years, one of the single largest factors shaping Connecticut’s budget has been its spending cap. Legislatures and governors have trimmed countless programs to stay under the cap, ...

State officials are poised to legally exceed Connecticut’s spending cap for the first time in nearly two decades to avert a crisis in paying Medicaid bills — and to pave the way for a new two-year ...

State officials have underfunded key contractual obligations in Connecticut’s budget by hundreds of millions of dollars for the second consecutive year, knowing the rest of the plan will generate more ...

Connecticut’s General Assembly voted on Monday to exceed the state’s spending cap for the first time in nearly two decades to fix a $300 million Medicaid shortfall this year. The bill passed by a vote ...

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) gave a sneak peek into his upcoming budget proposals on Wednesday morning at an annual breakfast with state business leaders. During his State of the State speech ...

The showdown between Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly over the budgetary spending cap seemingly sprang up in the last two weeks around a growing crisis in special education. But the seeds of ...