STAFFORD — Rep. Penny Bacchiochi met with members of the local Rotary Club inside Sun Valley’s clubhouse tonight to talk about the state’s budget deficit, which totals roughly $535 million. The state’s legislature must close the shortfall by the end of the fiscal year — June 30. Bacchiochi explained to the group that solving the [...]
HARTFORD — State Rep. Penny Bacchiochi today renewed her call for much-needed action a day after super-majority lawmakers raised eyebrows by ignoring the state’s financial troubles. Bacchiochi was among minority lawmakers who drove to the Capitol on Tuesday morning to tackle a projected $466 million state deficit, which could grow to a billion by the [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. Penny Bacchiochi today joined Republican lawmakers in rejecting plans to cut town and city aid and instead proposed closing the projected budget deficit by cutting state spending by $466 million. Bacchiochi and her House and Senate Republican colleagues called for immediate action from super-majority legislators whose budget was unbalanced as soon they [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. Penny Bacchiochi tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Bacchiochi, who represents Somers, Stafford, and Union said the plan from Democrat leadership put a sales tax cut — [...]
STAFFORD — Rep. Penny Bacchiochi tonight continued her road show that’s had her explaining the state’s budget woes to residents of the three communities in her district. Bacchiochi spent about an hour at Town Hall going through her slide show presentation filled with figures pointing to the facts she’s talked about for months: overspending in [...]
SOMERS — Binding arbitration, school testing and unfunded mandates were among the subjects on the minds of residents who turned out for a forum about the state’s budget woes tonight organized by Rep. Penny Bacchiochi and Sen. John Kissel. More than 100 residents attended the event inside Somers Elementary School, and several people posed questions [...]
State Rep. Penny Bacchiochi pushed for changes last week after she got a look at a deficit mitigation proposal that would have slashed education funds for students in her district. Legislators gathered at the Capitol to close a current-year deficit of roughly $1.35 billion. The original proposal from majority Democrats would have reduced special education [...]
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state has saved more than $1 million in payroll costs because of her directive in mid-January that asked non-union managers to take one unpaid day of leave. The Governor was among the 2,400 executive and non-union managers who voluntarily took an unpaid furlough day as part of [...]
Following the success of last month’s informational forum hosted by House Republicans for municipal government leaders, Rep. Penny Bacchiochi and her Capitol colleagues will host another municipal forum Friday in Hartford. The forum will focus on the budget deficit and its affect on municipalities. Bacchiochi expects representatives from Union and Stafford to attend. These forums set the [...]
Bipartisanship that saw the legislature nearly eliminate the state’s current-year budget deficit Wednesday left Rep. Penny Bacchiochi hopeful that legislators can work together to streamline government. Bacchiochi is pleased that House members approved legislation to eliminate $1.2 billion of the state’s $1.35 billion deficit without cutting state aid to communities in her district, increasing taxes [...]
