by Suzanne Bates | Mar 22, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Residents gathered at the statehouse on Friday to ask lawmakers to stop thinking about them as revenue sources and to instead think about how the state’s laws are affecting their daily lives. Connecticut College student Michael Coscarelli said he was at the Capitol on...
by Suzanne Bates | Mar 15, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
COMMENTARY Gov. Dannel Malloy is on a listening tour around the state defending his budget and other policy priorities. In terms of the budget, he has a tough task ahead of him. Democrats and Republicans alike have criticized the budget, which increases spending,...
by Suzanne Bates | Mar 12, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics, State Budget
The state and some municipalities have targeted so-called “absentee landlords,” as they look for new sources of revenue to match their increases in spending. Landlords in New Britain have filed a lawsuit against the city over two ordinances that they say could drive...
by Suzanne Bates | Feb 22, 2013 | Features, General
The state had to protect its computer system 2.1 billion times last year, according to the state Department of Administrative Services’ annual report. That works out to around 42 million hits a week, the report says, although state officials won’t describe their...
by Suzanne Bates | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog, Economy, General, Politics
% Liberal Unemployment Washington DC 40.8 8.5 Massachusetts 30.5 6.7 Oregon 29.3 8.4 Vermont 29.2 5.1 Delaware 28.4 6.9 Connecticut 28.4 8.6 Washington 28.3 7.6 Rhode Island 28.3 10.2 Hawaii 27.7 5.2 New York 27.7 8.2 Average 7.54 % Conservative Unemployment Alabama...
