Now that President Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” is law, the big question remains: what will the impact be on Connecticut?

More than a decade after his opponent accused then state Senate candidate Edward M. Kennedy Jr. of using a politically engineered loophole to bypass campaign spending limits, the State Elections Enforcement Commission has reached a not unexpected decision: Complaint dismissed.

Among the major pieces of legislation is the expansion of special education programming; and a new endowment fund that in a few years is expected to provide free day care and pre-school for families earning less than $100,000.