Though the governor's office released a summary of proposed executive branch budget cuts yesterday, the full plan isn't due to the General Assembly until today. The judicial and legislative branches are also mandated to provide their response to dealing with the state's budget crisis today.
The legislative branch will shed about 50 jobs, according to the governor's summary; the judicial branch will lose about 450, roughly 10 percent of its workforce.
When asked yesterday morning for details about the judicial branch's plans, a spokeswoman declined comment. saying the proposal will be made public on Friday.
But early yesterday afternoon, veteran Courant courts reporter Ed Mahony spoke with a source within the judicial branch about the cuts. Mahony asked his source if courthouses will be closed as part of the plan.
He was told facilities will probably close but the details were still being worked out.
Meanwhile, Pat Scully reported on his Hanging Shad blog that the legislative branch "is lagging far behind in making painful cutbacks."
Scully checked with the Office of Legislative Management, which said there haven't even been preliminary discussions on the matter.
"Rumors are swirling that the "security personnel"--the guys in the blue blazers who ostensibly are there to give a sense of security--are on the chopping block,'' Scully writes.