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Things are about to get busy in Hartford. On Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont delivers his State of the State speech as Connecticut lawmakers return for the 2025 legislative session. Expect big fights over how to spend – and how much to spend – your tax dollars. STATE OF THE STATE After lawmakers are sworn in, Lamont will lay out his agenda in the annual State of the State address. A year ago , fresh off the Connecticut’s first income tax cut in decades, the governor painted a rosy picture. “Our tax credit for working families and $400 million tax cut for middle-class families is now saving you about $25 per paycheck,” he told lawmakers. BUDGET BATTLE But this year, money is tighter since federal pandemic relief ran out. Republicans, as well as Lamont, argue that this is no time to loosen the state’s strict spending limits, known as “fiscal guardrails.” “Weakening or removing them would set the state back financially to the pre-2017 era, when…..