Governor-elect Ned Lamont on Tuesday <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2018/12/04/lamont-taps-hartford-budget-chief-solve-cts-fiscal-crisis/" target="_blank">announced two team captains</a>&nbsp;who will be tasked with helping him confront huge state budget deficits and Connecticut's tarnished business climate.For his chief of staff, Lamont picked Ryan Drajewicz, an executive from Westport-based hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates. His budget chief will be Melissa McCaw, currently the head of the city of Hartford's Office of Management, Budget and Grants.<a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Measuring Governor Malloy's Eight Years In Office

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