hospitals

Malloy looks to layoffs, asks for suggestions on spending cuts

HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signaled Tuesday that he would lay off a portion of the state workforce before the end of June and asked legislative leaders to help him make more than $200 million in spending cuts now.

March 9, 2016
Opinion: A more personal approach to the healthcare debate

Emmett Riley (D-46) is a state representative from Norwich. As an assistant majority leader and vice chairman of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee, I am regularly part of formal and informal discussions about a wide range of issues that impact the daily lives of the residents of our state.

February 16, 2016
A retirement incentive is off the table

HARTFORD, Conn. – A retirement incentive for state employees is off the table, but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said there is a potential for state employee layoffs.

December 2, 2015
Dems would scrap clean election program to balance budget

HARTFORD, Conn. – The legislature’s Democratic majority released a proposal Monday to close a $350 million budget shortfall by, among other things, suspending Connecticut’s landmark campaign finance system for the 2016 election cycle.

November 17, 2015
Not a lot of surprises in Malloy’s latest proposal for budget cuts

HARTFORD, Conn. – The mid-year budget cuts proposed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy target many of the legislature’s priorities and include many cuts he’s pitched in the past.

November 14, 2015
Human Services Committee chairwoman tells advocates they are being heard

HARTFORD, Conn. – The leading Democratic state representative on the legislature’s Human Services Committee on Tuesday reiterated a bipartisan commitment by lawmakers to restore some cuts Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made to social service programs to cover a state budget shortfall.

October 29, 2015
Malloy tries to help 6 hospitals, but legislative leaders aren’t impressed

HARTFORD, Conn. – After significantly cutting hospital funding and making bold comments about hospital profits and hospital executive pay, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office announced Friday that it would distribute $14.1 million to six small hospitals. Malloy’s budget office said there are “massive differences between large hospitals and small ones in profit margins.”

October 9, 2015
Malloy stops short of agreeing to change emergency budget cuts; Fasano fires back at Sharkey

HARTFORD, Conn. – Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he would listen to his Democratic colleagues in the legislature, who are coming up with a list of alternative emergency budget cuts, but that’s where he stopped Tuesday.

September 30, 2015
Drop in stock market prompts nearly $103M in emergency state budget cuts

HARTFORD, Conn. – Based on the poor performance of the stock market, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office announced Friday it would rescind nearly $103 million from the 2016 state budget. Rescission List for 9-18-15 Office of Policy and Management Secretary Ben Barnes said in his monthly letter to state Comptroller Kevin Lembo that volatility…

September 19, 2015
Sharkey’s property tax legislation rides through in the budget implementer

HARTFORD, Conn. – A bill touted by House Speaker Brendan Sharkey that would put student housing and new medical facilities acquired by large hospital networks on the tax rolls for the first time was one of the many concepts buried in a special session budget bill last week.

July 10, 2015