claim: "the state budget has increased almost $800 million a year in each of the last two years."
author: jeff amason
evidence_1: sep 26, 2014 ... “the state budget has increased almost $800 million a year in each of the last  two years.” — jeff amason on monday, september 1st, 2014 in ...
evidence_2: 2. introduction. connecticut is in the sixth consecutive year of difficult budget ...  would exceed the constitutional cap by approximately $800 million in each year  of the ... governor rell is proposing an all funds budget of $15.27 billion for fy 06  ... over the last 10 years; over the biennium, the state can obtain $237.7 million of  ...
evidence_3: nov 17, 2011 ... the budget also includes a 3 percent compensation increase for all employees ...  aid to csu students has increased nearly $800 million, with grants, ... in two of  the last four fiscal years, state funding to the csu has been ... for the current  fiscal year, tuition increases raised approximately $300 million, but ...
evidence_4: feb 18, 2015 ... dannel p. malloy's two-year budget plan raises more than $360 million in net  new ... industry that paid them, connecticut has violated a similar pledge in the  past. ... the state to dish out almost $550 million in tax relief over the coming ...  $360 million net increase in tax receipts over the next two years did not ...
evidence_5: jun 6, 2017 ... two years ago, lawmakers passed a budget of just over $209 billion. ... the 2018 -19 budget spends less than $500 million more over the next two years. ...  general revenue, the portion of state funds that lawmakers have the most ... and  a large investment in state highways in 2015, the legislature this year ...