Gov. Ned Lamont, lawmakers strike deal to renew CT budget controls

By Keith M. Phaneuf © The

Connecticut

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State legislative leaders and Gov. Ned Lamont have agreed to renew for 10 years a package of budget controls that have helped generate $9 billion in surpluses since 2017.

But even though those controls will ease savings requirements modestly, the plan which the General Assembly is expected to adopt Thursday will not immediately redirect that savings to bolster education aid for cities and towns, as some legislators had hoped.

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