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February 19, 2009
Discussion To Focus On Resolving Crisis Without Deepening Or Prolonging Recession
WILTON-State Representative John Hetherington and State Senator Toni Boucher will host a public forum to discuss how we can resolve Connecticut’s fiscal problems without deepening or prolonging the recession that has already resulted in many closed businesses, lost jobs, and loss of homes and retirement [...]
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February 19, 2009
HARTFORD- State Representatives Livvy Floren, R-149th and John Hetherington, R-125th District have introduced a bill this session to increase the prevailing wage threshold for municipal projects to five million dollars for new construction. The bill has been referred to the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee.
Reps. Floren and Hetherington’s proposal is to increase the [...]
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January 14, 2009
State Rep. John Hetherington (R-125th) was among Republican legislators supporting a move to relieve towns of certain unfunded mandates by delaying their effective date. Given the likely loss in state aid during the current budget crisis, Hetherington argued that “it was critical at least not to add to municipal costs and make local taxpayers pay [...]
