Connecticut

Mayor Toni Harp released a five-year strategic plan that she said would help Connecticut’s second-largest city brace for any volatility.

Kevin Cullinan will will develop an enterprise risk management framework for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden said.

The rating agency cited the city's financial position and the effectiveness of Connecticut's Municipal Accountability Review Board.

State officials hope boosts to two rating outlooks, an on-time budget, pension revisions and higher reserves will benefit its $244 million refunding.

The lawsuits were filed a day after 11 Democrats in the Senate and a bipartisan group of 47 House lawmakers announced a long-shot effort to repeal the regulation using the Congressional Review Act.

A state report says Connecticut should consider converting eligible state assets into a trust and using state lottery proceeds for its public pension systems.

S&P's outlook bump of Hartford's junk rating to positive from stable represents a validation of financial recovery efforts, Mayor Luke Bronin said.

While political debate over Connecticut highway tolls remains jammed, Gov. Ned Lamont's administration warned about federal backlash over a maintenance backlog.

A judge's decision looms for men accused of bilking the Connecticut Municipal Energy and Electric Cooperative, which got good news from Fitch Ratings last week.

The limit on the SALT deduction caused an estimated 10.88 million individual taxpayers to lose $323.1 billion in tax deductions for the 2018 tax year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported in February.

State lawmakers punted the touchy subject of reimposing tolls to Gov. Ned Lamont, who may call a special session.

"The elephant in the room is still there," an analyst says.

Regional Plan Association President Tom Wright charts RPA's vision for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host.

The tortured construction of Hartford's Dunkin' Donuts Park — marked by soaring costs for the city, the firing of the developer and a year delay in opening — has receded a bit in memory as the ballpark and its home team, the Yard Goats, host a third season, drawing fans even during a particularly rainy spring.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut lawmakers are studying a proposal to essentially exchange much of the state’s income tax for a payroll tax.

Owners of two firms will join Hilltop Securites as managing directors, the firm said.

Town officials are celebrating an "historically low rate" on bonds that were sold to pay for the construction of the new Public Works/Water Pollution Control Authority complex.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority became the first housing entity to use the Secured Overnight Financing Rate when it issued $100 million of variable-rate bonds.

The state's municipalities generally enjoy high bond ratings. Whether they can sustain them in bad times is still up for question.

As the session enters the homestretch, lawmakers are divided over how to impose tolls on the state's highways and whether to do so.