Why a CT legislative committee declined vote on state budget
In a rare move, a key legislative committee has refused to vote as lawmakers are leaving the state budget largely intact as they head toward final negotiations with Gov. Ned Lamont in the coming month.
The legislature traditionally makes a series of changes — large and small — in the package that the governor unveils in early February.
But this year, lawmakers will instead focus on a more narrow list of top Democratic policy priorities that include public higher education, non-profit organizations that provide state services, and mental health care for children by boosting Medicaid rates for doctors and other providers. The fiscal baseline will be the recommendations that the legislature had already approved for the second year of the two-year budget.
State Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, ...