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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloys $40.6 billion biennial budget measures aim to closing a $1.7 billion annual deficit. He also wants to tax hospital properties for the first time.
February 8 - Connecticut
Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman's vote breaks a tie as Connecticut lawmakers pass bill that lowers the assumed rate of return on pensions and restructures payments.
February 2 - Connecticut
Connecticut's agreement with labor unions to change various pension funding assumptions has a mildly positive credit effect on the state, said S&P.
January 24 -
Capital Hartford is veering out of control toward bankruptcy and needs help from a state already wobbly, said a Manhattan Institute report on Connecticuts poorest cities.
January 18 -
So-called intervention bankruptcy combining federal and state resources could help governments manage municipal insolvency, said a Manhattan Institute report.
January 12 -
The University of Connecticut intends to sell $335 million in GO bonds to fund capital projects that include relocating its Greater Hartford campus.
January 6 - Connecticut
Connecticut must enact pension system overhaul that balances fiscal responsibility and retirees needs, Gov. Dannel Malloy said in his State of the State speech.
January 4 - Connecticut
Hartford, Conn.'s four-year contract firefighters will save the teetering city millions, said Mayor Luke Bronin.
December 20 - Connecticut
Connecticut's pension commission OK'd a deal between Gov. Dannel Malloy and a bargaining coalition that lowered the state pension system's assumed rate of return from 8% to 6.9%.
December 16 - Connecticut
Deficit-plagued Connecticut is being asked for $250 million to fix up Hartfords money-losing, four-decade old downtown arena.
December 9