Municipal leaders argued Monday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed cut to the resident trooper program would force property tax hikes, public safety cutbacks, or both.
State Budget
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5 Things that haven’t changed since Malloy’s pre-election budget promises
Once a month The Mirror answers five questions about a key element of the state budget process. Today’s story looks at the fiscal landscape in which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made several rosy budget promises last year. While that fiscal landscape has not changed, the governor’s proposals have.
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Op-Ed: Gov. Malloy eliminates vital funding for low-income families
Connecticut’s Community Action Agencies, the state and federally designated antipoverty agencies covering every city and town in Connecticut, are dealing with a devastating cut in Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed FY 2016-2017 biennial budget.
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Connecticut should invest in sustainability
As the legislature begins its review of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed budget, investment in environmental sustainability should be a top concern, and should be reflected in funds allocated to the Department Energy and Environmental Protection.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut should invest in sustainability
As the legislature begins its review of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed budget, investment in environmental sustainability should be a top concern, and should be reflected in funds allocated to the Department Energy and Environmental Protection.
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Nursing home residents clipped again by Malloy’s budget proposal
Once again Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget is targeting Connecticut’s nursing home residents — this time squeezing their personal needs allowance down to $50 a month, some $19 lower than it was in 2011. How can any nursing home resident maintain a decent quality of life on $50 a month?
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Op-Ed: Nursing home residents clipped again by Malloy’s budget proposal
Once again Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget is targeting Connecticut’s nursing home residents — this time squeezing their personal needs allowance down to $50 a month, some $19 lower than it was in 2011. How can any nursing home resident maintain a decent quality of life on $50 a month?
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More cuts needed? Malloy budget bursts spending cap
Unless Gov. Dannel P. Malloy softens his position on the constitutional spending cap, legislators already reeling from deep proposed cuts could be scrambling to make at least $100 million more per year.
Posted inHealth
Providers, advocates call Malloy Medicaid cuts short-sighted
Critics say Malloy’s proposal to cut Medicaid is financially short-sighted and threatens to undermine recent progress in a program that has added thousands of new members as part of the federal health law, expanded the network of providers willing to treat them, and reduced its per-client costs.
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Dispute over Malloy borrowing plan heats up
Updated 1:25 p.m. Tuesday
Tensions built Monday between Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration and state Treasurer Denise L. Nappier over the governor’s controversial proposal to use $325 million in borrowed funds to pay off debt over the next two years.
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Behind The Numbers podcast – Episode 2: Deep cuts, tax hikes and an end to deficits?
Connecticut Mirror Budget Reporter Keith M. Phaneuf and state Controller Kevin P. Lembo discuss Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $40 billion biennial budget proposal and whether it would put state finances on a sustainable path into he future.
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Governor would cancel some town aid, other grants to close this year’s deficit
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants legislators to cancel $12.7 million owed cities and towns and withhold another $24 million earmarked for biomedical research, open space and historic preservation activities to reduce this year’s budget deficit.
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Governor’s budget needs $300M in borrowing to stay in balance
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s new budget would need more than $300 million in borrowing to cover operating costs over the next two years if projections from nonpartisan analysts and the treasurer’s office are correct. The governor’s budget relies on a controversial fiscal practice that faces increasing scrutiny and drives up the interest rates Connecticut pays to borrow funds for school construction and other capital projects.
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CT colleges: Proposed cuts would probably reduce staff and raise tuition
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.
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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.