Gov. Dannel Malloy says he has a plan to further reduce Connecticut's state employee workforce by an additional 500 people.The Democrat said Wednesday those positions will be eliminated through attrition by June 30. Critical positions, such as transportation engineers, will still be funded.
Malloy is also unveiling some proposed business-related tax changes to make Connecticut more competitive.
Malloy made the announcements during a presentation to leaders of state agencies about Connecticut’s budgetary situation. It comes days after Malloy met with Democratic and Republican lawmakers about how to address a nagging budget shortfall.
Ben Barnes, Malloy's budget director, said the state workforce is down about 1,000 positions since the start of 2011. Excluding higher education employees, there are more than 28,500 full-time workers in the state's executive branch.
Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.