At the end of a slightly confusing night, the state legislature gave Gov. Dannel P. Malloy some of the added emergency budget-cutting authority he wanted but made him unhappy by spurning his request to cut aid tocities and towns.
For an audio recap of the night's madness (and for pictures of me and Keith Phaneuf after not very much sleep) click here.
The state Senate fired another shot across the bow of labor with a 30-6 vote in favor of a bull that would somewhat erode the current collective bargaining system. The House made a point of keeping that bill on alive on its calendar, rather than letting it die there.
The governor and legislature also seem poinsed to renege on a previously promised increase in aid to the paycheck-to-paycheck working poor.
Malloy appeared the next day on his current favorite performing platform, "Morning Joe," and said he still hopes the employees' unions will re-vote and ratify the concessions, thus averting mass layloffs.
