The 2025 legislative session opens Wednesday at the state Capitol with a spirit of optimism among lawmakers and concerns from various groups seeking funding and assistance from the state legislature.
Gov. Ned Lamont is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the State Address at noon to a joint session of the General Assembly after members of the state House of Representatives and Senate are sworn in.
Lamont is expected to call for Connecticut to maintain its budgetary momentum through fiscal prudence, along with making investments in programs like day care that can help working families to get back into the workforce to support their children. Lamont wants to continue his fiscal policies that have helped lead to record-breaking surpluses and an additional $8 billion poured into the state’s $60 billion pension fund after decades of neglect by previous governors and legislators…