HARTFORD – On Wednesday, February 25, State Rep. Craig Miner, R-66th, voted in favor of legislation to eliminate $1.2 billion of the state’s $1.35 billion deficit. Rep. Miner, who serves as Ranking Member (House Republican Leader) of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, said the package retains state funding for the towns of Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris, Warren [...]
HARTFORD- On Wednesday, January 14, State Rep. Craig Miner, R-Litchfield, voted to reduce the state’s mounting deficit by $185 million, $54 million more than Democrat party leaders who added an additional $274,000 in hidden spending that will only worsen the state’s fiscal crisis. The package approved reduces the projected $800 million deficit by $133 million.
There is an adage about the thousands of proposed laws that surface every year in the state legislature: They are all important to someone.
The same can be said for all the capital projects that end up on our state bond commission agenda. Whether it is purchasing property for a new courthouse, saving farm land from [...]
