It’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 just under $100 million. Budget director Benjamin Barnes, insisted it quickly would be closed, and reasserted Malloy's insistence that tax hikes are not an option. (File photo: Gov. Malloy and budget director Barnes)