In an effort to avoid layoffs, Malloy has given department heads a week to offer cost-cutting ideas to stem the rising deficit, the Post said. He also offered suggestions, including $6 million in cuts through layoffs, but Republicans are proposing a two-day unpaid furlough program that would save jobs, said the Connecticut Post.
Malloy is hoping to force union employees to renegotiate benefits that currently run until 2022, in an effort to save $100 million in the budget that starts July 1, the Post said.
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