Politics & Government

Westport State Aid Whacked $940,000 Under Malloy New Budget Plan

Westport was to receive $1.5 million in fiscal year 2019; now Malloy is proposing $560,000 for the town instead.

WESTPORT, CT - The bad news keeps coming for Connecticut municipalities as the state attempts to claw out from under its budget mess.

Under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's revised, proposed adjustments to the fiscal year 2019 budget previously adopted by the legislature state municipal aid would be cut nearly $100 million - both in the education and

Westport would receive 63 percent - or $941,795 less under Malloy's plan. Previously it was slated to get $1.5 million; now, $559,349.

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