MEDIA ADVISORY: Informational Hearing on State Budget Deficit Projections – Wed. Oct. 26 at 12 pm

October 25, 2016

WHO: Hosted by ranking members of the Appropriations Committee and Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee; all members of both committees invited; representatives from the Office of Fiscal Analysis, Office of Policy and Management, and Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s office invited

WHAT: Informational Hearing

WHEN: Wednesday October 26, 2016 at 12:00pm

WHERE: Room 2B, Legislative Office Building, 300 Capitol Ave. Hartford

WHY: Ranking members of the Appropriations and Finance, Revenue & Bonding committees have invited the Office of Fiscal Analysis, Office of Policy and Management & Comptroller Kevin Lembo to attend an informational hearing with their committees to discuss the varying budget deficit projections that have been released by all three offices in recent weeks in the hopes of better understanding the shortfalls within the state budget. The informational hearing is also intended to discuss the comptroller’s authority as altered by Public Act 91-14.