Governor Dan Malloy says a tentative agreement on concessions is in place with state employee labor unions.
Malloy says the deal will save the state one and a half-billion-dollars over the next two fiscal years.
Legislative Republicans say the concessions should have gone deeper, as the state is facing a five-billion-dollar deficit over those same two years.
The concessions include increased emergency room and prescription drug co-pays, and the introduction of 401K retirement plans for state workers.