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ConnectiCare to Stop Selling Fully Insured Small Group Plans

By Hugh McQuaid

Health insurance provider ConnectiCare will stop selling new fully insured small group plans later this week as it begins to depart from a market in which it currently insures just over 20,000 Connecticut residents.

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Lamont Signs Special Session Bill

By Christine Stuart

Gov. Ned Lamont signed the sweeping 28-page bill that extends a suspension of Connecticut’s gas tax, supplements funding for energy assistance and sets aside more money for an essential workers’ bonus pay program. Upon signing the bill Tuesday, Lamont said it will make Connecticut “a little bit more affordable.” The bill extends the 25 cent […]

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Lawmakers Extend Gas Tax Suspension, Offer More Energy Assistance And Hero Pay

By Hugh McQuaid and Christine Stuart

Lawmakers extended a suspension of Connecticut’s gas tax, supplemented funding for energy assistance and set aside more money for an essential workers’ bonus pay program during a special legislative session on Monday. Both chambers of the state legislature passed a single, 28-page bill in bipartisan votes in back-to-back sessions. The House approved the legislation 134 […]

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Utilities Agree To Some Relief To Off-Set Increase In Electric Rates

By Hugh McQuaid

With Connecticut households bracing for steep electricity rate hikes, Gov. Ned Lamont announced a plan Monday to offset Eversource bills by $10 and supplement an energy assistance program by a total of $13 million in utility company shareholder profits.

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