Connecticut families deserve a state where they can afford to live, raise children, and plan for the future.

Governor Lamont’s forward agenda will continue focusing on lowering costs and making life more affordable for working families across Connecticut. Childcare, healthcare, housing, and education are essential building blocks for a strong economy and stronger communities.

• Implementing universal pre-K and expanding affordable childcare
• Continuing to deliver universal free school meals
• Expanding access to affordable healthcare
• Reducing housing costs by increasing housing supply responsibly
• Supporting working parents and strengthening paid family leave protections

Governor Lamont is taking on one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families: the high cost of electricity. His plan puts ratepayers first by holding utilities accountable, encouraging competition, and driving down costs.

Governor Lamont’s plan will:

• Require affordability to be considered when determining utility profits, ensuring ratepayers are not asked to shoulder unreasonable costs.
• Hold utilities accountable through stronger oversight, transparency requirements, and regular reviews of their performance.
• Protect consumers from unnecessary spending by requiring rigorous cost-benefit analyses before major infrastructure investments can be charged to ratepayers.
• Strengthen the Office of Consumer Counsel’s ability to investigate utility practices and challenge unjustified rate increases.
• Increase competition by allowing more private investment in energy infrastructure, microgrids, and innovative technologies.
• Incentivize utilities to adopt cost-saving technologies and improve efficiency while limiting excessive profit margins.
• Create a utility system that prioritizes reliability, affordability, and accountability for Connecticut families and businesses.

Governor Lamont’s Fair Share Healthcare Initiative lowers health insurance premiums by requiring large corporations to take responsibility for the healthcare costs of their workforce instead of shifting those costs onto taxpayers. The plan protects small businesses, closes corporate loopholes, and invests more than $100 million annually into making healthcare more affordable for working- and middle-class families.

Governor Lamont’s plan will:

• Protect small businesses by applying only to large employers with more than 100 employees and non-profits with more than 1,000 employees.
• Require large corporations with employees enrolled in HUSKY (Medicaid) to contribute up to $1,000 per employee, ensuring they pay their fair share instead of shifting costs onto taxpayers.
• Close corporate loopholes by preventing large companies from avoiding responsibility through franchise structures, shell ownership arrangements, or gig-economy business models.
• Invest more than $100 million annually into Connecticut’s health insurance exchange and Covered Connecticut program.
• Lower health insurance premiums by thousands of dollars for working- and middle-class families across the state.
• Strengthen Connecticut’s healthcare system without raising taxes on residents or small businesses.

Connecticut has made historic progress toward universal pre-K and expanded childcare access with an additional $300 million to fund the Early Childhood Education Endowment. Governor Lamont is committed to finishing the job with a long-term strategy for sustainable funding to expand access for families while supporting childcare workers and providers across the state.

Every child deserves a strong start, and every parent deserves the opportunity to work knowing their child is safe, learning, and cared for.

• Over the next four years, Governor Lamont will continue working to:
• Expand access to affordable childcare statewide
• Increase pre-K opportunities for families
• Support childcare providers and educators
• Build a sustainable long-term funding structure for early childhood education

Connecticut’s students, parents, and educators deserve a system that works for everyone. Governor Lamont has already delivered historic investments in public education, and the next step is fixing the growing strain special education costs place on families and towns.

Governor Lamont’s agenda includes:

• Increasing state support for special education
• Improving accountability and outcomes for students
• Supporting teachers and school staff

Housing affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families. Governor Lamont is committed to increasing housing opportunities while working collaboratively with communities to ensure smart, responsible growth. More housing means lower costs for all Connecticut residents.

• Expanding housing supply near transit and job centers
• Supporting workforce and middle-income housing
• Revitalizing downtowns and underused properties
• Working with local leaders and communities to meet housing needs responsibly

Connecticut already has one of the strongest healthcare systems in the country, but too many families still struggle with costs. The next step is making healthcare more affordable and accessible for every Connecticut resident.

That means continuing to:

• Lower prescription drug costs
• Expand access to high-quality healthcare coverage with the CT Option
• Strengthen preventative and mental healthcare services
• Protect reproductive freedom and abortion access
• Explore bold solutions that move Connecticut toward universal affordable healthcare

At a time when fundamental rights and freedoms are under attack nationally, Connecticut has become a firewall for protecting our values. Governor Lamont will continue standing up to Trump and fighting our our Connecticut values. He has signed legislation protecting:

• Abortion and reproductive freedom
• LGBTQ rights and protections
• Voting rights
• Gun violence prevention measures
• Immigrant and civil rights protections