by Jordan Otero | Nov 20, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Child advocacy in Connecticut family court could prove to be a valuable business, with attorneys billing more than $10,000 on some cases and a small circle of them managing dozens of appointments at a time. Looking at bills from five unrelated cases involving...
by Jordan Otero | Nov 19, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Approximately 90 percent of trained family court child advocates in Connecticut are not regularly assigned to cases. Nearly 1,000 people have taken the state-mandated training course to become a guardian ad litem. Around 10 percent of that number have regular...
by Jordan Otero | Oct 15, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal
Hartford plans to spend $1.5 million less in the new fiscal year, but the city will need to use $8.3 million in savings to make up for an even larger decline in state aid. The city will spend just under $539 million while revenue will decline to $530 million,...
by Jordan Otero | Aug 29, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
A New Haven bank didn’t have to look far when searching for its next executive vice president, choosing board member and outgoing New Haven mayor John DeStefano to fill the position. DeStefano has served as an active board member at START since the bank opened in...
by Jordan Otero | Aug 21, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
Although its funding has decreased in recent years, a New Haven nonprofit with a powerful state senator on its payroll continues to receive state dollars, according to the state’s transparency website. Toni Harp, a Democrat, is the chairwoman of the...
