As part of his backup plan to balance the budget after state employee unions rejected a savings agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy is cutting state aid to towns and cities by 2.4 percent or $54.4 million. According to a memo from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities to legislators, CCM can only quantify $24.6 million of the [...]
With state employees rejecting a $1.6 billion concession agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy has just days to implement his backup plan before the new fiscal year begins July 1. Malloy intends to do the cutting in a decentralized manner, with each agency head responsible for generating savings equal to the administration’s target. The administration estimates it [...]
I will be contributing about once a month to the Health Justice CT blog. A new version of the site will launch soon, but here is my first post on why SustiNet won’t help the uninsured, the poor or the sick. Some highlights: Although some see a public option or government-run insurance company as a [...]
State employee unions will finish voting this week on a concession package that, if approved, could reduce the long-term cost of pensions by $7.8 billion, in addition to the more immediate savings used by Gov. Dannel Malloy to balance the state budget. The Malloy administration estimates the state will save $485.2 million over the next [...]
“So any deal that comes down the pike, if it’s union construction jobs, it’s, ‘Eureka,’” said former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland at a Yankee Institute luncheon May 25. “That’s the new Connecticut.” Rowland, co-host of “Church and State” on WTIC AM weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m., talked about the battle to create [...]
The leaders of one state employee union subgroup have written a letter asking their union not to proceed with a vote on the proposed concession package. Seven elected leaders of the Engineering, Scientific & Technical Council – also known as P-4 – wrote a June 13 letter to Connecticut State Employees Association President Patrice Peterson [...]
The law merging the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Utility Control terminates all five DPUC commissioners on June 30. The terms of three commissioners – Chairman Kevin DelGobbo, Anthony Palermino and Amalia Bzdyra – were already set to expire June 30. Under the law, which creates the Department of Energy and [...]
SEBAC Q&A at the Armory Hour 1 from Union Info on Vimeo. Workers around the country are envious of Connecticut state employees according to their lead negotiator. Daniel Livingston, chief negotiator for the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition, said other unions want to learn how to imitate their success negotiating with Gov. Dannel Malloy. Livingston [...]
Actuarial estimates and other documents obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request show how the state will save $1 billion by implementing a union concession agreement negotiated by Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration. However, the documents do not include support for the $1.6 billion total claimed by the administration. The Office of Policy and Management [...]
Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland addressed a Yankee Institute luncheon May 25, sharing his thoughts on the state’s budget and economic future. Rowland’s political career ended when he resigned the Governorship, pleaded guilty to one corruption charge and served 10 months in federal prison. Now he co-hosts the “Church and State” radio broadcast with [...]
