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Transparency, Accountability of Stimulus Funds Provides for Unprecedented Level of Oversight Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that she has signed an executive order to give the state multiple levels of oversight and transparency to ensure federal stimulus dollars are used prudently and within the strict timeframes mandated under the American ...

Despite the lingering partisan sniping in the Capitol and the start of a two-year fiscal cycle without a new $38-billion budget, towns and cities throughout Connecticut are in shape to survive -- at least this month -- without a new spending plan.

HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? July 2, 2009 5:49 PM Posted to State Capitol Gov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell takes care of several military-related matters on the eve of Independence Day.

Lender, writing in the Courant today, tells us that Gov. Rell has vetoed the Democrats' tax-the-rich budget because the plan isn't "remotely realistic." The AP reports that Connecticut is among seven states without a budget, not including California, where there is a "fiscal emergency." Still, none of this is any surprise.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell held a pre-holiday veto party in her Capitol office Thursday, killing seven bills, including legislation that would have required chain restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? Keepsake Or Keep Safe? Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? July 1, 2009 4:34 PM Posted to Health Care When Gov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell, as promised, has vetoed the Connecticut Democrats' budget proposal, saying it's not balanced or realistic.

Gov. Jan Brewer kept state government running but rejected funding levels for K-12 schools and said she was calling a special session next week to increase school funding.

Of course, it's not. But somebody might want to let Gov. M. Jodi Rell know that.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell followed through Wednesday on her vow to veto the two-year state budget that Democrats pushed through the legislature late last week, saying, "It is neither balanced nor remotely realistic in its assumed 'savings' and 'spending cuts.'" Rell had signed an undated veto message over the weekend in anticipation of the Democrats' ...

Lawmakers around the nation spent Tuesday in grueling, around-the-clock budget sessions as they struggled to avoid government shutdowns and other painful cuts, with the most dramatic negotiations unfolding in California amid a historic $24.3 billion deficit.

Governor M. Jodi Rell used some harsh words Monday while signing into law new legislation that expands the state's organized crime law to include securities fraud.

The House has voted on a budget, the lawmakers have gathered their briefcases and papers and dispersed, but the same old question remains: What now? With the passage of a Democratic budget that is long on tax increases, light on some key details and almost certainly bound for a veto by Republican Gov.

Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill They're Talking Amongst Themselves Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill June 29, 2009 2:58 PM Posted to Legal While financier Bernard Madoff was being sentenced to 150 years in prison for swindling investors Monday, Connecticut's Gov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell joined a Newington family Saturday morning to underscore her plans to veto the budget passed by majority Democrats in the General Assembly.

Librarians and Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut have spent the last two weeks rallying across the state to get Governor M. Jodi Rell to reverse her decision to cut more than $5.1 million in school, public, and university library funds annually for the next two years.

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state legislative leaders met for about three hours at the governor's mansion but didn't reach a final deal on a new two-year state budget.

Our June 17 editorial urging Gov. M. Jodi Rell not to sign a new law sanctioning the long-term use of antibiotics for the treatment of "chronic Lyme disease" generated an unusually large and critical response.

At the state Capitol the charades continue. The General Assembly's Democratic majority has contrived unreal numbers for an imaginary budget so it can be said to have passed something, though it is sure to be vetoed by Gov.