The Wheelhouse: Budget Floor Drops Again

Connecticut Public Radio | By Tucker Ives

Published October 21, 2015 at 9:00 AM EDT

Gov. Dannel Malloy is calling for bipartisan meetings to address the state's budget shortfall.

After weeks of dismissing the idea of a special session, more bad budget news is pushing Governor Dannel Malloy in that direction. On our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse, we discuss this and all the week's news, including an update on a plan by the state's Board of Regents that has professors fighting mad.

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Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Showon WNPR
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas - Reports on education and child welfare for The Connecticut Mirror
Dan Haar - Columnist for The Hartford Courant

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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