WASHINGTON — Congress is tied in a partisan knot over funding U.S. response to the outbreak of the Zika virus, money that could help several Connecticut pharmaceutical companies continue their work toward a vaccine.
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Looney says budget deal, ‘Second Chance’ are on for Thursday
The leader of the Connecticut Senate said Wednesday night he has the votes to pass Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s criminal justice reforms and last week’s budget deal when the Senate returns Thursday in special session. The House of Representatives has yet to schedule a vote.
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Malloy trades transportation setbacks for budget savings
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s transportation rebuilding program took several hits this past legislative session as the governor sought to entice legislators to accept more long-term spending cuts.
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CT budget details trickle out as partisan debate heats up
While Democratic legislative leaders released one key document tied to a tentative state budget deal, others remained under wraps. And Democratic leadership in the Senate, where a budget debate tentatively is expected to begin on Thursday, rebuffed a Republican call to delay any debate until all budget-related documents were available for public review.
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Down to the wire on chances for a regular-session CT budget
Updated at 10:30 p.m.
Chances of a state budget deal before the legislative session ends Wednesday could hinge on whether negotiations – sparked by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s new budget proposal – bear fruit overnight Monday into Tuesday.
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Malloy offering compromise on the budget to legislators today
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will submit budget revisions to the legislature today, a compromise in which he would cut funding for an administration priority, transportation, and restore some of the funding legislators have demanded for hospitals and schools. In return, he asks that lawmakers minimize their use of one-time revenues to balance spending in 2016-17.
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Malloy, Democrats bring very different perspectives to budget crisis
While Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is challenging his fellow Democrats in the legislature to focus less on their re-election chances and more on Connecticut’s budget crisis, legislators respond that the Democratic governor did not lead by example when dealing with the budget during his last re-election bid.
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Video: Ceremony of Malloy accepting JFK Profile in Courage Award
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was honored Sunday with the Profile in Courage Award at the JFK Library and Museum in Boston for his welcoming Syrian refugees who had been rejected by Indiana.
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Lawmakers will vote on budget without negotiating with Malloy
In a further rupture with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the General Assembly will bypass usual negotiations with the chief executive and head straight to a budget vote, House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey said Thursday.
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Budget crisis follows Malloy into Clinton campaign event
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was reminded Thursday there is no escaping the budget crisis, not even at a presidential campaign event: A Sandy Hook mother gently called him out in front of Hillary Clinton and the national press for cuts he is making to mental health and social services.
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Clinton visit to boost CT campaign that has relied on stand-ins
Washington – Hillary Clinton’s visit to Connecticut Thursday to boost a campaign in Connecticut that has strongly relied on dozen of events headlined by supporters who’ve acted as surrogates for the candidate
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Malloy cools rhetoric, but stalemate continues on budget
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy struck a conciliatory tone Tuesday a day after House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey likened his latest budget proposal to “a personal hit list,” conceding legislative leaders have a difficult task building a consensus around deep spending cuts. But the governor remained at odds with the Democratic legislative majority leadership over how to close a $930 million budget gap before the session ends May 4.
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Speaker Sharkey calls Malloy’s budget a ‘personal hit list’
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, responded in scathing terms Monday to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s revised budget proposal, calling it “a public enemies list” and “a personal hit list,” not a basis for negotiating how to balance the budget. He and Senate Democrats canceled a meeting scheduled for Tuesday with Malloy, whose chief of staff called Sharkey’s comments an “unprompted” and “vitriolic.”
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Malloy, House Democrats clash over new budget plan
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy challenged fellow Democrats in the legislature Tuesday to help balance the budget by giving up a big portion of their biggest political initiative: a $245 million sales-tax sharing plan with cities and towns.
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Clinton hopes focus on gun control brings big win in Connecticut
WASHINGTON — As the competition for Connecticut’s Democratic primary voters escalates, Hillary Clinton is hoping her stance on gun control is a magic bullet in her fight against Bernie Sanders. “There’s a big difference between the two candidates,” said Clinton supporter, Sen. Chris Murphy.