Giving In to Weicker, Conn. Lawmakers Back Tax
Breaking with tradition, weary Connecticut lawmakers last month acquiesced to the insistent demands of Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and approved a personal-income tax.
The personal-income levy, which would be the first in the state's history to be implemented effectively, helped balance a $7-billion budget that includes a modest increase for elementary and secondary education.
Resolution of the impasse between the General Assembly and Governor Weicker, which was broken 53 days into the state's new fiscal year, closed the chapter on the lengthy list of states that had missed their July 1 target...
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