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Time For An Honest Budget

Posted on Monday, 4th January 2010 at 8:09AM
Budget makers took all the easy outs in putting together the state budget for the two-year cycle that began July 1 — a budget that's nearly $550 million in deficit, according to Comptroller Nancy Wyman. ...Read more

Connecticut Democrats pass two bills to cut deficit
Lawmakers pass 2 bills in effort to balance state budget

Posted on Tuesday, 22nd December 2009 at 8:27AM
The Democratic-controlled House and Senate on Monday, amid Republican claims that they've been excluded from the budget-adjustment process, approved two bills that would erase about $200 million of the state's $337 million deficit. ...Read more

Democratic Majority In Budget Paralysis

Posted on Friday, 18th December 2009 at 8:31AM
Democrats who control the General Assembly refuse to see the iceberg in front of the boat. ...Read more

Democrats promise action on budget, but not today

Posted on Tuesday, 15th December 2009 at 8:01AM
Democrats promise to do something about the state deficit soon, but just not today. ...Read more

Dithering While CT Sinks in Red Ink

Posted on Monday, 14th December 2009 at 8:13AM
Frozen with fear when confronting a monster largely of its own making, the Democratic leadership in the General Assembly is readying to "gavel in and gavel out" when legislators return Tuesday for a special session, ordered by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell to deal with a budget deficit approaching $500 million. ...Read more

Something's Gotta Give On State Budget

Posted on Friday, 11th December 2009 at 8:01AM
Those who live off the Connecticut state budget — service providers, municipalities, executive agencies — have dug in their heels in opposition to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to cut $337 million to balance a 2010 budget that's already seriously out of whack. ...Read more

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