Donald Eng

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Donald Eng

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT (Updated 4:30 p.m.) — The state legislature is eyeing a fiscal tactic not seen in half a century to deal with state budget uncertainty. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday morning that a one-year budget was “very much in play” and looking “more and more likely.”The state by statute adopts a 2-year budget in odd-numbered years. Ritter said the biennial budget has been in effect since the 1979-80 fiscal year.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Donald Eng

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkieHARTFORD, CT — A daylong debate in the state House of Representatives ended with the late-night passage of a 100-page, multi-faceted bill that legislators hope will mitigate the state’s housing crisis. It passed by an 84-67 margin. The original bill, House Bill 5002, An Act Concerning Housing and the Needs of Homeless Persons, was replaced by two amendments, 92 pages and 13 pages respectively.

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Donald Eng

HARTFORD, CT — The state legislature is eyeing a fiscal tactic not seen in half a century. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday morning that a one-year budget was “very much in play” and looking “more and more likely.”The state by statute adopts a 2-year budget in odd-numbered years. Ritter said the biennial budget has been in effect since the 1979-80 fiscal year.

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Donald Eng

HARTFORD, CT — With the state once again eyeing a way to allow limited bear hunting in an attempt to cull their numbers, House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said he couldn’t understand why the state doesn’t adopt simple, non-controversial measures to keep bears out of the suburbs. “We’re idiots, when it comes to bears,” Ritter said during a media availability Tuesday morning. Ritter used the example of the Elizabeth Park Conservancy in Hartford.

2 weeks ago | theinnercitynews.com | Donald Eng

by Donald Eng The New Haven independentHARTFORD, CT – Nonprofit agencies supporting mental health services, addiction, homelessness, immigration and more were well represented Tuesday at the state Capitol during a rally for increased state funding on the building’s south lawn. The event, organized by the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance, drew an estimated 2,500, according to Capitol police.