by Zachary Janowski | Oct 17, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
With the end of longevity payments for non-union state employees, total payments will fall to $13.6 million this month. Longevity payments for about 27,300 union employees will appear in their Oct. 18 paychecks. (View the list here.) Two prosecutors, Matthew Crockett...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 11, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Municipal
Southington’s two middle schools will no longer give a student a grade below 50 on a test or quiz – unless the student refuses to take part. In that case, the grade is 45. “A teacher may include a comment when entering that grade as a default...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 10, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State officials paid $23.3 million for a Hartford parking garage despite an appraisal suggesting the garage was worth less than one-tenth that amount. Prior to purchasing the Morgan Street Garage from the Hartford Parking Authority, the state hired two firms to...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 9, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Tax Foundation again ranked Connecticut’s business tax climate as among the worst in the nation, including the second-worst rating on property taxes. Connecticut rose one slot from 43 to 42 in the 2014 ranking released Wednesday. Two years ago the state...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
New Haven City Clerk Ron Smith admitted to Raising Hale in January that he never played for a the New York Knicks, despite claims in a biography on the city website that the team drafted him. At the time, Smith called the information in the biography a “big...
