By Keith Phaneuf, includes “To find some of the money to reverse cuts to a popular social services program, the legislature is expected Monday to raid $17.8 million owed to next fiscal year’s state budget — which already is at risk of a significant deficit. According to the bill lawmakers are scheduled to vote on in special session, the General Assembly also would make changes to the state’s contribution to the teachers’ pension — changes that could worsen this fiscal year’s budget deficit and spark a legal debate as well.”