House Majority Leader Denise Merrill, D-Mansfield, in a brief interview just said she is no longer pursuing changes to the formula that determines how much money municipalities get from the Pequot Fund casino grant. The Advocate and other news outlets in recent days reported that Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislatures Republican Minority were concerned about Merrills effort to insert the change at the tail-end of the budget process, particularly because it would likely result in every... read more
