by Marc E. Fitch | Apr 26, 2018 | Budget |
Governor Dannel Malloy has announced 30 nominations for Superior Court judges to fill a purported 42 vacancies, but the state of Connecticut’s ability to pay for those judges — and even provide them offices — remains in doubt. According to a letter from Chief Court...
by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 23, 2018 | Budget |
For a state facing billions in projected deficits, $11,000 may seem like a drop in the bucket, but that is what it will cost Connecticut taxpayers when lawmakers convene for a special session to override Gov. Dannel Malloy’s veto of a bill to save a popular Medicare...
by Marc E. Fitch | Dec 13, 2017 | Budget, Taxes, Yankee News |
Gov. Dannel Malloy released a plan Wednesday to close a $208 million state deficit this year by offering a combination of cuts to social service programs and tax increases on cigarettes, hotels, and the state sales tax. In his press release, the governor acknowledged...
by Marc E. Fitch | Nov 3, 2017 | Budget |
Although Connecticut’s 2017 budget crisis may have come to an end when Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the bipartisan budget on Tuesday, the state's long-term budget crisis continues - with the 2019 budget debate promising to be as difficult or more than this year's mess....
by Marc E. Fitch | Nov 2, 2017 | Budget, Economy, Yankee News |
Connecticut’s government spending outpaced the state's gross domestic product by a wide margin since 1990, according to a review of past figures compiled at U.S. Government Spending, an online database of state and federal spending. In 1990, just before the...
by Marc E. Fitch | Oct 25, 2017 | Budget |
The newest budget negotiated between Democratic and Republican leaders in both the House and Senate has yet to be released, but based on the information we have received, this is a breakdown of the changes included in the new budget package. The Senate is expected to...
