Thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act, some CT retirees will receive retroactive payments. A boost to monthly checks starts in April. Get Connecticut public policy news at your fingertips.

About 708,000 people in Connecticut — about 20% of the state’s population — receive benefits, according to December 2022 data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.

Since late February, the federal agency said it has processed about 75% of adjustments related to the Social Security Fairness Act. “Social Security’s aggressive schedule to start issuing retroactive ...