Furloughs Shut Down State Agencies Friday

HARTFORD (AP) — An unpaid day off for Connecticut state employees means a four-day holiday weekend for thousands of state workers, but a shutdown of some services for state residents.

Friday is an unpaid furlough day for most of the 55,000 state workers that is supposed to save the state $10.5 million.

Some key agencies won’t even open up 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, state parks will be open for the start of the summer and the Memorial Day weekend.

A spokesman for the governor says crucial public services such as prisons, state police, and state-run residential facilities will be open.