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 ...

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 ...

While legislative leaders remain hopeful that lawmakers will adopt a new state budget later this week, there’s a growing recognition at the Capitol that it will be an unfinished document — with more ...