Potentially facing painful cuts in funding from the state, leaders of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system on Thursday projected what it would take to close their deficits purely with tuition hikes or staff reductions. Most likely, some combination of both would be necessary, they said.
CT colleges: Proposed cuts would probably reduce staff and raise tuition
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Wadleigh named CEO of Access Health CT
Jim Wadleigh, who joined the state’s health insurance exchange as chief information officer in 2012, has been leading quasi-public agency on an interim basis since September.
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How does your community fare in Malloy’s budget?
When you’re under pressure to close a shortfall of more than $1 billion in an annual budget of nearly $20 billion, state aid to cities and towns can be a tempting target. It’s a $3 billion pot of money. Once again, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy resisted the urge. Here are town-by-town results.
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Special CT Obamacare enrollment period? Stay tuned
People who didn’t have insurance last year – and didn’t have a valid excuse – will have to pay a fee when they file their taxes. That might prompt them to want to get coverage this year. Because the sign-up period ended Sunday, some are urging health insurance exchanges to hold special enrollment periods.
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Connecticut’s hybrid road salts are effective, but consider the long-term effects
While I applaud the efforts of the Connecticut DOT to eliminate ice on our roads, we should weigh the long term effects on our vehicles and the environmental impact of doing so. While “old fashion” sand and salt may not be as effective in melting ice as the hybrid mixes, they clearly aren’t as destructive to our environment and vehicles.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut’s hybrid road salts are effective, but consider the long-term effects
While I applaud the efforts of the Connecticut DOT to eliminate ice on our roads, we should weigh the long term effects on our vehicles and the environmental impact of doing so. While “old fashion” sand and salt may not be as effective in melting ice as the hybrid mixes, they clearly aren’t as destructive to our environment and vehicles.
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Malloy would tax business, cut services to balance budget
The $40 billion two-year budget proposed Wednesday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy closes a major deficit at little cost to the middle-class, while cutting social services, adding to the tax burden on business and making a small down payment on an ambitious 30-year plan to overhaul transportation.
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Higher education cut, local school aid flat in Malloy budget
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget proposal cuts support for the state’s public colleges and universities, provides level funding for state aid to school districts, offers financial aid to undocumented students, and would fund four new charter schools.
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Medicaid clients, seniors, health care providers face cuts under governor’s plan
About 34,000 parents would lose Medicaid coverage. Seniors would have to pay more for home care. The state would abandon a plan to better coordinate care for the costliest Medicaid clients and most health care providers that treat Medicaid patients would face a pay cut. It is all part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s aim to save hundreds of millions of dollars through cuts to health care and social service programs.
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Malloy proposes a ‘best-in-class’ transportation system
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy put forward a 30-year, $100 billion transportation initiative Wednesday, including a $10 billion investment in state and federal funds over the next five years. But the governor’s proposal does not say how it would keep transportation spending balanced beyond the next two years.
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Text of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s biennial budget address
Here is the complete of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget address delivered Wednesday to the Connecticut General Assembly.
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Malloy’s budget message focuses all eyes on the road ahead
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s televised budget speech Wednesday reflected an imperative of political messaging that Malloy has long embraced as candidate and governor: Don’t linger over problems like deficits, but keep moving forward with new ambitions, enticing the press and political establishment to follow.
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Malloy plan pumps up tax receipts by more than $800 million
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s two-year budget plan raises more than $360 million in net new tax receipts over the biennium, while canceling or delaying more than $480 million in net tax cuts that he signed last term and promised to start after the election.
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Event: ‘Budget Unbundled’ program set for Feb. 25 in Hartford
“Budget Unbundled: A Closer Look at Connecticut’s Fiscal Roadmap,” a program discussing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed state budget, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown, 200 Columbus Blvd., Hartford.
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The Malloy solution: Deep cuts, new tax revenue, deferred promises
The biennial budget Gov. Dannel P. Malloy intends to propose today would erase a two-year, $2.5 billion shortfall with $1.6 billion in spending cuts and $900 million in additional revenue, an attempt to say he is equitably spreading pain while keeping a pledge not to raise taxes. Malloy, a Democrat re-elected last fall, is proposing a three-pronged approach to his second fiscal crisis in four years: deep spending cuts, combined with additional revenue raised by deferring promised tax cuts and boosting tax receipts without changing rates.