Written by Written by Connecticut State Representative Aimee Berger-Girvalo The current proposed budget in the Connecticut General Assembly is a work in progress and is anything but finalized. However, there are a number of priorities, intended to provide potential solutions to the growing statewide income gap, that should be at the forefront of the discussion. With a variety of goals aimed at boosting local and women-owned businesses, helping out working parents, expanding education and training programs, and making life easier on retirees living on a fixed income, we've set our sights pretty high, and are each, as legislators, really digging in to understand the programs and solutions being discussed.