Governor M. Jodi Rell was joined today at a press conference by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Christopher Dodd to announce a combined effort with Senators from New York and New Jersey in calling on the Bush Administration to provide job training assistance to workers in the tri-state area.
They requested $48 milion to provide a “coordinated [...]
State representatives John Piscopo and Kevin Witkos met Tuesday with leaders from several Northwest Corner towns to give them an update about the state’s budget crisis and to get ideas about how the legislature could help their communities. Among the towns represented at the 45-minute forum in Torrington were Barkhamsted, Harwinton, Colebrook and Hartland. Several [...]
Majority Democrats today rejected the proposal of Governor Rell to turn over roughly $25 million of uncollected bottle deposits to the state with the goal of closing the state budget deficit which is currently at $391 million, but will be $586.6 million by June 30th.
All 44 members of the House Republican caucus are supporting Governor [...]
The House and Senate will convene this afternoon to address the state’s $391 budget deficit for this year. While tackling today’s challenge of addressing that budget shortfall, legislators in both chambers will need to address a $6 billion deficit when they return in January.
Governor M. Jodi Rell’s plan to address the budget deficit includes spending [...]
Did you know that pay raises that are arbitrated for state employees are passed by the legislature without a single vote being taken, and without your legislator being required to go on the record in favor of the pay raises or against?
That’s right. Any contract issued by an arbitrator is automatically passed by the legislature [...]
Things aren’t going so hot in the state, are they? The unemployment rate in Connecticut matches the national unemployment figure. The unemployment rate is 6.5 percent, up from September’s rate of 6.1 percent. Waterbury has the highest unemployment figure in the state at 7.9 percent. State Labor economist John Tirinzonie told the news media [...]
The State Legislature will convene on Monday to vote on a plan by Governor M. Jodi Rell to address Connecticut’s Budget deficit which is estimated by the Office of Fiscal Analysis to be at approximately $391 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
The Governor’s plan includes cuts in spending, and a tax amnesty plan to help [...]
State Rep. John Harkins and his colleagues in the Republican caucus know the answer: They reduce amount of money they spend. Harkins on Tuesday joined other Republican legislators in calling for budget reductions rather than tax increases to close projected budget deficits that have dominated talk at the Capitol lately. “When a shop owner sees [...]
The Associated Press late Monday afternoon reported that the legislature’s budget office agreed with Gov. M. Jodi Rell that the state faces a major budget crisis over the next two fiscal years. The 2010 fiscal year, beginning July 1, will be more than $2 billion in the hole. And the 2011 fiscal year will be [...]
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