State budget: Glum alums voted for UConn cuts

HARTFORD — School loyalty is not what it used to be — in Connecticut politics anyway. At least a dozen Republican House and Senate members — and one Democratic senator — who graduated or earned advanced degrees at UConn voted for a GOP state budget the university says slashed $300 million from the school. “This would simply decimate the university,” UConn President Susan Herbst told the university in a message. So how do you defend voting to “decimate” your alma mater? State Sen. Toni Boucher, a Wilton Republican who earned an MBA at UConn, said her vote was difficult, but stressed solving the state’s financial crisis overrode her concern.

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