Connecticut’s top Republicans are concerned about the state potentially getting financially involved with the future of the Connecticut Sun.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) met with officials from the Mohegan Tribe, which owns the team, on Wednesday. Lamont has said offhand that he’s open to using money from the state pension funds to buy a minority stake in the team.

“Ask Mohegan Sun whether it was a good investment they made 20 years ago,” Lamont said last week.

State Senator Stephen Harding said Lamont should be more forthcoming with information about any potential proposals.

“We haven't received any numbers or indications of what type of investment this would be,” Harding said.

“This is a glaring example, once again, just flippantly making comments that you're going to use potenti

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