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Archive of Connecticut on Tuesday June 30, 2009
CT: State budget talks continue as fiscal year winds down
If there are no last-minute dramatics today, the state's fiscal year will run out without a new state budget and the government will need to begin paying its bills by executive order Wednesday, when the new fiscal year begins. Read More
CT: Sixth swine flu death recorded in state
A New Haven County man with swine flu has died, the state's sixth death linked to the H1N1 virus. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
US: Ten states race to finish budgets
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More
US: Supreme Court finds bias against white firefighters
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that white firefighters in New Haven were subjected to race discrimination when the city threw out a promotional examination on which they had done well and black firefighters poorly. Read More |
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