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The Wheelhouse Gets Sentenced to a State of Fiscal Crisis

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State lawmakers may have to settle in for long hours to hammer out details of the budget.

Connecticut's fiscal future seems to be upon us and it's bleak. Last year, budget chief Ben Barnes said, "We have entered into a period of permanent fiscal crisis in state and local government." As lawmakers debate and discuss the state budget, they're learning that Barnes' quote was not hyperbolic.

On our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse, our panel discusses the on-going budget negotiations and what's on the cutting block. Also, another chapter in the John Rowland/Lisa Wilson-Foley scandal comes to a close as both were sentenced to prison time.

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GUESTS:

  • Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR
  • Christine Stuart - Editor of CTNewsJunkie.com
  • Mark Pazniokas - Capitol bureau chief for the Connecticut Mirror
  • Mike DiMauro - Assistant sports editor and columnist for The Day
Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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