May 28, 2015
by Christine Stuart
Hartford--State budget negotiators worked through the weekend to try to come up with a package both sides could agree upon, while Republican lawmakers tried one last time to get a seat at the table.
Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, and Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, said Friday that they remained optimistic a deal could be brokered before the end of the legislative session June 3.
“I think it’s important for everybody and I think we’re going to make it,” Walker said. “Right now, marrying the finance and the appropriations is the key number one factor we’ve got to get to now.”
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