WTNH

Connecticut’s Democrat-led state legislature passed two funding bills totalling $43 million for special education and nonprofit groups – capping two weeks of drama that saw the Democratic governor veto spending bills pushed by leaders of his own party only to strike a deal to secure that same funding by other means. For anyone unfamiliar with the intricate details of the state budget, the deal-making that took place Tuesday evening in the lead-up to Wednesday’s legislative session can seem trivial and confusing. “It’s complicated,” State Rep. Matt Ritter, the Democratic House Speaker, said. “I don’t know how to really describe it succinctly for the 6 o’clock viewers, but talks occurred, and we got there.”