Sentences with phrase «malloy over budget cuts»

Lori Pelletier, who as president of the Connecticut AFL - CIO has battled with Malloy over budget cuts and tax policy, said she does not expect the governor to change in the second half of his second term.

Not exact matches

To make up for the loss of potential tax revenues, Malloy's new plan also includes $ 150 million in reductions over the two - year budget cycle, bringing the total spending cuts to more than $ 144 million.

Lawmakers and Malloy have been locked in a dispute over funding for the program since late last year, when word spread that it had been cut in the budget signed by the governor on Halloween.

Malloy administration officials are so excited about the notion of a budget surplus that they are talking about proposing a targeted election year tax cut to win over middle - class voters even though the state faces a projected $ 3.2 billion combined deficit over the three fiscal years following this year's election.

While Connecticut's state budget approval process is far from over, the Connecticut General Assembly's Appropriations Committee has made some significant changes to Governor Dannel Malloy's proposed state budget including deleting some of Malloy's $ 80 million in cuts to public schools and reducing Malloy's plan to INCREASE charter school funding by more than 25 percent.

In February, Governor Malloy proposed a $ 38 million in budget cuts to the CSU / Community College budget, a cut that would come on top of Malloy's massive cuts over the last few years.

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.