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That’s a wrap: CT lawmakers react to 2025’s legislative session

FILE: Minority Leader Vincent Candelora at the Capitol Building in Hartford for the first day of the legislative session on January 8, 2025.
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FILE: Minority Leader Vincent Candelora at the Capitol Building in Hartford for the first day of the legislative session on January 8, 2025.

ǻ lawmakers recently cemented their priorities for the next two years with final passage of a $55.8 billion budget.

At the end of the 2025 legislative session, they were able to find money for Medicaid programs and invest in our children’s future, especially young children.

But some – mainly the minority in the state legislature – say that it comes at too high of a cost.

Today on the Wheelhouse, the “fiscal guardrails” have been breached and lawmakers will press forward amid a foggy federal funding landscape.

GUESTS:

  • , Majority leader, CT House Democrats
  • , Minority leader, CT House Republicans
  • , Reporter, CT Insider
  • Michayla Savitt, State government reporter, CT Public

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Frankie Graziano is the host of 'The Wheelhouse,' focusing on how local and national politics impact the people of ǻ.
Chloe Wynne is a producer for 'The Wheelhouse' and 'Where We Live.' She previously worked as a producer and reporter for the investigative podcast series, 'Admissible: Shreds of Evidence,' which was co-produced by VPM and Story Mechanics and distributed by iHeartRadio. She began her journalism career at inewsource, an investigative newsroom in San Diego, Calif., where she covered housing, education and crime. She earned her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2021, where she focused on audio storytelling.