Posted on October 17, 2016

HARTFORD – House and Senate Republicans are calling on Governor Malloy’s budget office to answer to state lawmakers about why the administration withheld information from the public detailing a shortfall in the state budget.

House Republican Leader Themis Klarides (R-Derby) and Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) are calling for the Appropriations and Finance, Revenue & Bonding committees to hold an informational hearing so that officials from the governor’s budget office can explain…

Posted on October 13, 2016

HARTFORD – House Republican Leader Themis Klarides today said the state’s underperforming income and sales tax revenue has put Connecticut nearly $79 million in deficit, and conflicts with the Governor’s budget office which has insisted as recently as Sept. 20 there was no deficit.

The Office of Fiscal Analysis, OFA, today reported that the state is indeed flowing in red ink to the tune of $78.9 million, due to sliding income and sales tax revenues, while the Governor’s budget chief has said twice…

Posted on October 6, 2016

HARTFORD – The Democrats who voted for the current state budget and willingly ceded authority to Gov. Malloy to make random budget cuts will bear responsibility for any closures within the vocational-technical school system, House Republican Leader Themis Klarides said today.

A day after the governor’s office issued directives to state agencies to come up with 10 percent spending cuts, and after the State board of Education indicated it was looking at closing perhaps two schools, Klarides said Democrats…