biennium
noun
bi·en·ni·um
bī-ˈe-nē-əm 
plural bienniums or biennia
bī-ˈe-nē-ə
: a period of two years
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After years of lobbying for more state funding, Connecticut’s food pantries secured $9 million in the biennium budget passed by lawmakers last month — $3 million for the coming fiscal year and $6 million in the following year, far more than the annual $850,000 previous budgets had allocated.
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Janhavi Munde, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Rothman had asked for an $856 million increase over the 2025-27 biennium.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Their budget leaves about $3 billion in reserves by the end of the biennium ― more than 13% of the state's revenues, and a greater amount than the House proposed.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
And a corporate tax surcharge that was supposed to expire would be extended to 2028, raising another $128 million over the coming biennium.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
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Janhavi Munde, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Rothman had asked for an $856 million increase over the 2025-27 biennium.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Their budget leaves about $3 billion in reserves by the end of the biennium ― more than 13% of the state's revenues, and a greater amount than the House proposed.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
And a corporate tax surcharge that was supposed to expire would be extended to 2028, raising another $128 million over the coming biennium.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
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“Biennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biennium. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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