The Connecticut House of Representatives has approved a Democratic plan to spend at least $360 million in remaining federal COVID pandemic funds on key areas, including higher education, not-for-profit social service agencies, municipal aid and children’s mental health. Lawmakers face a Dec. 31 deadline to spend the money.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, the Connecticut House of Representatives approved a Democratic plan to spend at least $360 million in remaining federal COVID-19 pandemic funds on key areas, including higher education, not-for-profit social service agencies, municipal aid and children’s mental health.
They also said revisiting the $26 billion budget that’s already in place for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 would have proved challenging because it’s only about $1 million below the state’s mandatory cap on spending. “We had a good underlying budget,” he told reporters. “If we can do really good budgets and we have to make very minor changes, that’s not a bad thing. Actually, I think it shows predictability and sustainability.”Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last monthThe House of Representatives passed the legislation, which Democrats dubbed a budget “stabilization bill,” 103-48, with five Republicans joining the majority Democrats.
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