HARTFORD, Conn.- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy plans to use his budget-cutting authority to trim programs across state government and impose new restrictions on hiring to help cover a projected $73.6 million deficit that has developed in this year's state budget.

Malloy's budget director, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Benjamin Barnes, released a list of proposed cuts and withdrawals of unspent funds on Tuesday. The wide-ranging list includes $17,500 from the Department of Veterans Affairs' account for headstones, $2 million in personal services or staffing expenses at the Department of Developmental Services, and cuts to various private museums, theaters and attractions throughout Connecticut.

The plan also calls on the judicial branch to cut $5.7 million and the legislative branch to cut $800,000.

When asked about any potential negative ramifications on state services, both Malloy and Barnes said that the latest reductions, taken in their entirety, should have a relatively small impact.

Barnes told state agency heads during a meeting Tuesday that "$75 million is a lot of money by any of our individual standards. But it is a very, very small percentage of the budget. We believe that a reasonable and modest intervention now can result in (a balanced budget). I don't believe that this will deprive us of the ability to provide needed services."