Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed budget charges the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) with achieving $90 million in savings through a reduction in provider rates. A conservative estimate of the impact of reducing dental fees by 5.6 percent indicates that 24,000 fewer HUSKY-insured young people under 21 years of age would have access to a dental visit in each of the next two fiscal years.
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Malloy uses ‘F word’ (not that one) at transportation rally
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who sees a need for $100 billion in transportation spending in Connecticut over 30 years, engaged in word play Thursday on the question of whether U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is right to seek the first federal gasoline tax increase since 1993 to fund infrastructure projects.
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Malloy stands down in gay rights fight with Indiana
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy rescinded his ban on state-funded travel to Indiana on Saturday in response to what he called that state’s positive step toward clarifying a religious freedom law many deemed discriminatory to gays and lesbians.
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On the state spending cap, Malloy and GOP have checkered past
While Gov. Dannel P. Malloy portrayed the spending cap Thursday as an unavoidable constraint on the next state budget, governors and legislators from both parties have skirted that constraint repeatedly for a decade.
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Connecticut is in trouble, but we can fix it
Connecticut is in trouble, but we can fix it if we work together. Here are some strategies for improving life in our state.
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Tribal lenders claim right to charge 448% on loans in CT
An Oklahoma tribe and its allies are fighting a legal, advertising and social-media war in Connecticut, claiming a right as a sovereign government to make unlicensed short-term loans at astronomical interest rates in defiance of state usury laws.
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Malloy’s message: Forget raising taxes, restoring cuts
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered a message Thursday aimed at dissuading legislators from trying to circumvent a spending cap that Malloy says is a barrier to raising taxes or significantly restoring cuts in his proposed budget for the next biennium.
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As deficit options dwindle, Malloy may be staring at a rainy day
The prospect of tapping Connecticut’s emergency budget reserve for the first time in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s tenure loomed larger Wednesday. Facing deficit forecasts ranging up to $191 million for the current fiscal year, the administration mustered emergency cuts of less than $14 million to offset that problem.
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Malloy’s big ask: Find $100 billion for transportation
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy named a group Tuesday to identify means to pay for a 30-year, $100 billion effort to modernize and maintain Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure. He gave them a late summer deadline, meaning he is unlikely to place a funding plan before the legislature until a special session this fall or the 2016 regular session.
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Malloy keeps heat on Pence in gay rights controversy
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the incoming chairman of the Democratic National Governors Association, poured fuel Monday on the gay rights controversy engulfing Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana. He banned state-funded travel to a state now slated to host the women’s Final Four next year.
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Malloy appointee seeks greater say over watchdogs
An appointee of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asked legislators Friday to help her exercise greater administrative control over the state’s watchdog agencies, including one investigating the governor’s campaign finances.
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Budget debate: Malloy’s ‘childish,’ but GOP’s a ‘comedy show’
Leaders of the legislature’s Republican minority condemned Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget Thursday as savaging the social safety net, but they declined to commit to offering their own alternative to the one by the Democratic administration. Zingers ensued.
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Larger deficit looms as Malloy warns of more emergency cuts
Nonpartisan fiscal analysts again asserted Wednesday that the current state budget deficit is worse than Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration has reported — and that’s despite a recent administration estimate that more than doubled the shortfall. And while the Office of Fiscal Analysis was issuing its $191 million deficit forecast, Malloy’s budget chief directed all agencies Wednesday to brace for a third round of emergency cuts and to ensure spending is “significantly curtailed” between now and the fiscal year’s close on June 30.
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Malloy ‘getting close’ to talking dollars on transportation vision
In a conference call from Washington, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday he believes there is a consensus for Connecticut to undertake a massive, long-range program to invest in transportation — and it’s almost time to talk about how to pay for it.
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Blumenthal: Effort to block recognition of CT tribes faces challenges
WASHINGTON – Rules under consideration that would make it easier for Indian tribes to win federal recognition have a carve-out aimed at denying that status to several Connecticut tribes, but Sen. Richard Blumenthal has joined others in saying the provision may be unconstitutional.
