Two hours, no deals, on state budget talks

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and leaders of the General Assembly met Wednesday for what they called a relatively fruitful two-hour meeting, but a final decision was not made on possible legislative action for a $70-million federal reimbursement for state hospitals. And while overall feelings and positions on the stalled budget process were aired among House and Senate leaders and their top staff, no final progress was reached, meaning that on October 1, when Malloy frees up education funding in his bare-bones executive order, dozens of Connecticut’s wealthier towns will not be receiving checks. The Connecticut Council of Small Towns on Wednesday called on Malloy to sign the recent Republican budget, which he vows to veto, into law.

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