HARTFORD- State Representatives Livvy Floren, R-149th and John Hetherington, R-125th District have introduced a bill this session to increase the prevailing wage threshold for municipal projects to five million dollars for new construction. The bill has been referred to the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee.
Reps. Floren and Hetherington’s proposal is to increase the [...]
HARTFORD- State Reps. Livvy Floren (R-149), Lile Gibbons (R-150) and Fred Camillo (R-151) applaud Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed fiscally responsible budget.
“The Governor has done a good job of producing a balanced budget over the next two years without raising taxes and without cutting critical services that the public has come to expect and truly [...]
As the General Assembly begins the new legislative session the largest issue to be tackled remains the budget deficit. While the nation grapples with an economic recession worse than most people can remember, Connecticut, too, is facing biggest deficit in recent decades.
Connecticut is not alone. Thirty-seven states have significant budget deficits as a result of the [...]
GREENWICH- State Representatives Livvy Floren, Lile Gibbons and Dolly Powers today proposed state spending cuts to help eliminate a projected $300 million budget deficit, highlighting government spending and projects in the state Capitol that the state cannot afford.
Rep. Lile Gibbons of Old Greenwich, cited numerous examples of Capitol projects and budget items – from $1.7 [...]
