State Budget Deficit Now Pegged At $224M

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – State Comptroller Kevin Lembo says Connecticut is on track to end the fiscal year with a $224 million deficit.
But in a letter released Tuesday to his fellow Democrat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, he notes how his projection could change if the General Assembly acts on a planto mitigate the red ink in the $20.5 billion bipartisan budget.
Lawmakers are expected to return to the state Capitol later this week to vote on a proposal that restores $54 million cut from a program