West Hartford’s total Statutory Aid for Fiscal Year 2026 under the governor’s proposed budget would be $36,255,557, an increase of just over $1 million from the current fiscal year.

By Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Gov. Ned Lamont released a two-year, $55.2 billion budget proposal for the upcoming 2026-2027 biennium on Wednesday with a focus on expanding access to child care, providing a small tax cut to Connecticut residents, and allowing for some small but significant changes to the state’s hotly debated fiscal guardrails.

“The governor’s budget for the next biennium seeks to ensure affordability and provide greater opportunity for our residents,” said Jeffrey Beckham, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, during a briefing on the governor’s budget proposal Wednesday morning ahead of Lamont’s speech to a joint session of the General Assembly.

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