Malloy preparing to run state without budget after July 1
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Legislative leaders met with the Governor for the first time since the regular Assembly session ended last week. A top state lawmaker says a budget deal by July 1st does not...
View ArticleLegislative leaders target June 29 for budget vote
HARTFORD, Conn.(WTNH) -- With a deadline looming, legislative leaders at the Capitol say tonight there is positive movement in solving the state's $5 billion red ink problem before July 1st. They're...
View ArticleState Senate to vote on labor concessions deal
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)-- Weeks of lengthy discussions and debates are over. It's time for action at the State Capitol. The state senate will vote on a massive labor union concessions deal. Democratic...
View ArticleTop Republican Senator: Let's override Malloy's veto
HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) - Republican lawmakers stood in front of a Hamden community center Wednesday morning and urged Governor Dannel Malloy not to veto the budget passed by the general assembly. If he...
View ArticleGov finally receives Repub budget; some urge veto, others urge him to sign
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- The Republican budget that passed the Assembly on Sept. 15-16 is now on the Governor's desk and there is no doubt what he will do.He is being urged to sign it by the...
View ArticleWednesday decision day for budget negotiations
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Top leaders in the General Assembly say they hope to have a budget deal by sometime Wednesday afternoon. The leaders say they have gone through the entire state budget line...
View ArticleBudget deal expected on Senate floor Wednesday
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- The Governor still has not seen the detail of this deal but it is expected to come up on the State Senate floor late Wednesday afternoon or early evening then move to the...
View Article"Renter's Relief" checks are not 'in the mail'
Derby, Conn. (WTNH)-- Thousands of Connecticut seniors and the disabled are feeling the after effects of the long state budget stalemate. The annual "Renters Relief" checks that they usually get in...
View ArticleLegislative leaders say real progress made, Malloy scolds for missing another...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- There will be no votes in the legislature tomorrow on a budget plan and there's no plan to present to the Governor just yet. Friday, Oct. 13, had been considered another...
View ArticleBudget passes House & Senate with veto-proof majorities; Malloy says there's...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- On day 117 without a state budget, state lawmakers in both the House and Senate have given overwhelming final approval to a budget plan and sent it to Governor Malloy. But...
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