State OT costs continue to creep up, but salary expenses remain way down
State agency overtime expenses continue to rise, according to a new report, but overall salary costs remain below those of a decade ago.
View ArticleSome lawmakers want to raid the rainy day fund. Not so fast, analysts say.
Nonpartisan analysts reminded lawmakers Wednesday that the next recession could be right around the corner.
View ArticlePrepared food tax will hit consumers harder than lawmakers thought
A controversial tax hike on prepared foods will rake in $158 million over next two years.
View ArticleGutting legislature’s program review staff makes no sense
Out of left field on May 4, the legislature’s bipartisan efficiency committee, Program Review & Investigations, took a direct hit of 50 percent of its personnel in the negotiated budget. The...
View ArticleConnecticut death penalty ruling ends costly, ineffective policy
The Connecticut Supreme Court’s ruling that our state’s capital punishment law is unconstitutional has fulfilled all of the objectives of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty. The...
View ArticleConnecticut two steps closer to educational equity
On May 19, the Connecticut legislature took two important strides in an attempt to achieve educational equity. On that day the Senate passed bill SB 398 and the House passed HB 6844. If these bills...
View ArticleDiaper on, Connecticut! (And let’s lose the diaper tax)
It's time for Connecticut legislators to free families from the diaper tax, giving them and their children the same boost as states like Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey. The Connecticut Office...
View ArticleMalloy doesn’t get predicted revenue boost, big deficits remain
Connecticut’s economy has not eased the state’s budget crisis as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy predicted on the campaign trail last year. A new analysts’ report Thursday found tax receipts and other revenues...
View ArticleMalloy gets two extra weeks to solve next budget deficit
Despite insisting throughout the campaign that state government really wasn’t facing a deficit next year, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asked for and received legislative approval Wednesday to postpone his...
View ArticleIt’s official: CT’s budget is $89 million to $100 million in the red
The state budget received its first official deficit reports Friday when nonpartisan legislative analysts and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration projected shortfalls ranging from $89 million to...
View ArticleCT budget again faces red ink as federal grants, gaming revenues shrink
Despite a small bump upward in state tax receipts, new cracks in state finances surfaced Monday that could contribute to a budget deficit forecast by week’s end. A joint report by nonpartisan analysts...
View ArticleAfter all the campaign promises, a lot of tough choices loom
Though Connecticut’s gubernatorial contenders spent more time this fall talking about tax cuts than state budget deficits, the red ink awaiting the winner of Tuesday’s contest is very real – and can’t...
View ArticleNonpartisan analysts tracking $84M in potential cost overruns in state budget
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration isn’t projecting any troubles for the current state budget, but the legislature’s nonpartisan analysts have identified almost $84 million in potential problems....
View ArticleRaising Connecticut’s kindergarten age — a help or a harm?
Personal anecdotes conflict with numerous studies saying socioeconomic status and other factors outweigh age in determining success in school. The age a child starts kindergarten has nothing to do with...
View ArticleAnalysts: Malloy’s budget for Connecticut never was balanced
Just one month from adopting the next state budget, legislators have learned the $19 billion plan they got from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a $70 million hole in it, according to a new report from...
View ArticleGOP, Dems both lack solution to CT’s cycle of budget deficits
Neither Republican nor Democratic legislators' latest budget plans would spare Connecticut from grappling with another massive budget deficit two years from now, according to nonpartisan analysts.
View ArticleNonpartisan analysts: CT budget is $78M in deficit
The state budget is running a deficit — albeit a small one — the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis reported Thursday. But it could have big political repercussions.
View ArticleGOP leader urges nonpartisan analysts to weigh in on CT budget controversy
The top Republican in the state Senate urged nonpartisan fiscal analysts Tuesday to complete their own assessment of the current state budget as soon as possible.
View ArticleReport: State agencies cut overtime costs by $37 million in FY16
Updated at 3:48 p.m. After releasing an initial report last month showing significant savings in overtime costs, the legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analysts announced Tuesday that state agencies...
View ArticleEarly report shows state cut overtime costs by $33 million
The savings are a 13.9 percent reduction from the previous fiscal year. In total, 25 state agencies reduced overtime pay.
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