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Senate Democrats are once again hoping to expand the state’s paid sick leave program to cover more workers during the upcoming legislative session.

Gov. Ned Lamont said he doesn’t intend to offer any more tax breaks this year, after the historic tax cuts adopted last year, but House Republicans believe there’s enough revenue to reduce taxes and make permanent some other fiscal policies.

Boxed in by a budget that embraces the fiscal guardrails put in place before he was elected, Gov. Ned Lamont will tinker around the edges when it comes to adjusting the two-year budget.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced today his intention to recommend the elimination of licensure application fees for certain essential fields, as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget adjustment proposal.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a new law that expands the circumstances in which workers can use state-mandated paid sick leave, effective October 1, 2023. The Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law, originally passed in 2012, provides “service workers” with certain leave entitlements, including paid sick leave. This leave accrues at a rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked, up to a maximum accrual of 40 hours per year. The law also requires service workers be permitted to roll over at least 40 hours of accrued, unused paid sick leave per calendar year.

On Feb. 7, the Connecticut General Assembly will convene for its 2024 legislative session. Its constitutional adjournment deadline is no later than midnight May 6. The sessions last three months in even-numbered years and five in odd-numbered years.

Legislators and advocates instead plan a ‘chip away’ approach to address some of Connecticut’s pressing housing issues

The General Assembly is giving up on a special legislative session to address how to keep Connecticut committed to a transition to electric vehicles, leaving the issue for consideration in the regular session that opens on Feb. 7.

Gov. Lamont to meet with critical players on proposal to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

It’s just 13 weeks long, but Connecticut’s legislative session will be packed with debate over issues that impact a number of residents from housing and health insurance to voting security.

Members of a legislative working group tasked with vetting ideas for eliminating Connecticut’s car tax worried Wednesday about the “political whiplash” that may be caused by shifting the burden of the unpopular tax so soon after recent income tax cuts.

A slate of new laws are being implemented at the beginning of 2024, ranging from a minimum wage increase and income tax cut to early voting requirements and expanded access to contraception.

On September 14th, 2023, the IRS announced a moratorium until at least the end of the year on the acceptance of new ERC claims. This moratorium was implemented due to the number of fraudulent claims being filed across the nation. In total, the IRS has received 3 million ERC claims, and nearly a fifth of all applications received were submitted in the 90 days before the declaration of the moratorium, indicating a large spike in fraudulent filings. Many businesses have been encouraged to apply by “Tax Promoters.” “Tax Promoters” encourage and pressure businesses across the nation to file, often improperly indicating that businesses are eligible to receive a refund. With this in mind, the IRS has implemented a withdrawal process for those who filed for the credit in err.

Nonprofit organizations must submit applications to the state by March 1, 2024.

As the new year begins, Connecticut is set to implement several new laws and regulations that will impact residents across the state. These changes, ranging from voting rights to minimum wage adjustments, reflect evolving priorities and concerns.

Unless a court decides otherwise, former President Donald Trump will remain on Connecticut ballots in 2024, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas’s office said this week, days after Colorado’s Supreme Court ordered him removed from that state’s primary ballots.

The Connecticut Supreme Court, last week, upheld the constitutionality of a local property tax on vehicles registered to a business in Massachusetts.

The median age in Connecticut was 40.9 in 2022, making it the seventh-oldest state in the country, according to Census Bureau estimates released this year.

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, an employee’s receipt of severance pay will now result in disqualification from receiving unemployment compensation benefits for the period of time covered by the payment.

Although a Vermont-based college flunked Connecticut on Monday in an annual report card on financial literacy instruction for high school students, a bill passed this year puts the state on track to receive an A by 2027.