Budget cuts funds, keeps taxes constant
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell released a state budget today that was notable as much for the elephantine cuts it proposes as for what it leaves unchanged.
Rell’s proposal would cut 400 state jobs, ask unions for hundreds of millions of dollars in concessions and raise state licensing fees on everything from liquor stores to bakeries. In an address to the General Assembly, Rell said these cuts would allow the state to balance its budget without raising taxes, a pledge she made to state residents earlier this week. Still, her proposal accounts for just $2.6 billion of the estimated...
