HARTFORD,
Conn. -- A cost-cutting move by
Connecticut means a four-day holiday weekend for thousands of
state workers and a shutdown of some services for state
residents.
Friday is an unpaid furlough day
for most of the 55,000 state workers, which is supposed to save
the state $10.5 million.
Some key agencies won't open for the day. The
state Department of Motor Vehicles, the Attorney General's Office
and the Department of
Environmental
Protection
and other state agencies will be closed from Friday until
Tuesday.
However, job seekers will still be
able to look for work at centers in Waterbury, Danielson, New
London, Norwich and Willimantic.
However, state parks will be open
for the start of the summer and the Memorial Day weekend.
And Hartford resident Janice Hill
said her husband works for the Post Officer and said there have
been no talks about furloughs there.
A spokesman for the governor said
crucial public services such as prisons, state police and
state-run residential facilities will be open.