Lawmakers Unveiling State Budget Proposal Joined by East Lyme Senator

HARTFORD, CT – Senate and House Republicans shared a state budget proposal Friday that closes the current projected state deficit over the next two years without new taxes and without pushing state expenses onto towns, cities or hospitals.

The “Confident Connecticut” budget includes increased education funding with a new funding formula, restores money for core social services, and provides for significant structural changes to state government that roll out into the future, according to a release. (To sign up for the Lymes breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

“This budget streamlines government, reforms education aid to benefit more towns and cities with a new funding formula, provides predictability for towns and cities, and protects core social services for those who need them most,” Senator Paul Formica (Republican-East Lyme) said in a release. “It is our hope that this proposal can be the starting point for all lawmakers to continue an important conversation on how to lead our state in a new direction together.”

Formica also serves as Co-Chair of the Appropriations Committee. More details about the state budget proposal are available on Senator Paul Formica’s website.

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