Current Events

Rell: Deep Cuts Needed To Balance State Budget

Posted on Thursday, 8th January 2009 at 9:25AM
"These are the worst financial times any of us can ever remember."

With those words, Gov. M. Jodi Rell warned legislators Wednesday that the state will be forced to make deep cuts in spending to balance the $18 billion state budget as the nation heads deeper into a recession. ...Read more

Connecticut's New House Speaker Progressive, Practical

Posted on Monday, 5th January 2009 at 8:35AM
In 1869, the speaker of the Connecticut House was Orville H. Platt of Meriden, a Republican disdainful of labor unions and radical ideas like the eight-hour workday. ...Read more

Rell to state: Cut more

Posted on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 at 8:54AM
Gov. M. Jodi Rell is sending budget requests back to state departments with instructions to cut more spending. ...Read more

Special Session
Deficit: Just A Trim

Posted on Tuesday, 25th November 2008 at 8:15AM
Lawmakers sliced about $71 million from the growing state budget deficit Monday night.

And then they stopped. ...Read more

New Gloomy Forecast On State Deficits

Posted on Wednesday, 19th November 2008 at 9:40AM
When Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled her pessimistic budget projections last week, it was bad enough.

On Tuesday, the legislature's nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis told lawmakers that its projections over the next two fiscal years are in the same ballpark as Rell's, and it cautioned that the situation could get worse. ...Read more

BUDGET CRISIS
Rell: Steep Cuts In Scope Of State Government Ahead

Posted on Thursday, 13th November 2008 at 9:12AM
Gov. M. Jodi Rell warned Wednesday that new deficit projections of nearly $6 billion over the next two fiscal years could force drastic cuts in the scope of state government. ...Read more

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