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The following are effects of the GOP Sequester felt in Connecticut as reported by news outlets around the state.
Sequester cuts to Pratt & Whitney could impact manufacturing of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Connecticut production facilities. - Hartford Courant
Government agencies will have to decide whether to cut the number of grants or the budgets of all the grant recipients. - Yale Daily News
The sequester's impact is being felt on some of the state's youngest residents. Head Start officials say they've been told to cut their budgets. It's a pre-kindergarten program for low income families. - WTNH
Sequester cuts translate to a loss of nearly $119,000 from Head Start programs throughout Litchfield County, said Kathi Bleacher, the county's director of Head Start and Early Head Start. - Republican American
The federal budget sequester could thwart the town’s second bid at obtaining a $964,000 grant to help redevelop the former Norwich State Hospital site. - Norwich Bulletin
Connecticut private practice sent out a letter saying they will no longer be able to treat Medicare patients due to sequester’s 2% cut to Medicare payments. - WTNH
According to data from the Connecticut Office of Fiscal Analysis, housing and homeless-related programs will be cut by at least $8.8 million because of the sequester. This means the waiting lists for section 8 housing are only going to get longer. - NBC Connecticut
The sequester will decrease Connecticut’s elderly nutrition program funding by approximately $201,000, and around 3,900 Connecticut women and children will be dropped from WIC. - Yale Daily News
Along with Groton-New London, other airports to be affected are Sikorsky Memorial, Danbury Municipal, Hartford-Brainard, Tweed-New Haven and Waterbury-Oxford airports. State officials said the loss of the tower would serve to slow air traffic across the country. - The Day
The second busiest airport in the state - Tweed New Haven - and five others could be facing cuts as soon as April 7. - Hartford Courant
