State's huge budget deficit defies easy solutions

... the state's 88th governor on Jan. 5, 2011, he inherited a financial mess unmatched in Connecticut history. The Stamford Democrat faced a state government on pace to spend almost 20 percent more than it would receive in its next budget - unless ...

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