Governor Dannel P. Malloy will unveil his budget on February 16 - despite widespread reports to the contrary.
The rumor mill at the state Capitol has been operating at full throttle as legislators and lobbyists have been saying that Malloy's budget address would be pushed back to Wednesday, February 23, in order to postpone any bad news from the budget until after the special elections on Tuesday, February 22.
But it's not true.
"No. I think people are speculating because we're having special elections,'' House Speaker Chris Donovan told Capitol Watch on Thursday. "The governor has said he's coming February 16. The Capitol people love spreading rumors. People like to speculate all the time. February 16 and February 22. Those are two big days.''
Through the complications of state statutes, Malloy was already able to push his budget speech back to February 16 - as it is the first session day after February 14.