Connecticut on Monday June 29, 2009

CT: Rell in budget talks with legislative leaders
By , The Hartford Courant
Gov. M. Jodi Rell and legislative leaders met Sunday for the first time in three weeks to try to negotiate an agreement on a new state budget, adjourning after a couple of hours without a resolution but with at least one participant calling the session "productive."
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CT: Court rules for white New Haven firefighters over promotions
By Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of 20 New Haven firefighters who claim in a reverse discrimination case that they were denied promotion for racial reasons.
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Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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CT: CT towns question fireworks budgets during recession
By David Owens, The Hartford Courant
With the recession causing declines in tax revenue and even more pressure than usual on municipal budgets, some town leaders have taken aim at expensive fireworks shows as a way of saving money.
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US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
By The Associated Press, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work.
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