by Zachary Janowski | Oct 9, 2012 | Politics, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
Connecticut received $121 million last week for its rail line from New Haven to Springfield via Hartford. And all the politicians rejoiced. Gov. Dannel Malloy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. John Larson and Rep. Chris Murphy (D, D, D-3rd, D-1st and...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 3, 2012 | General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s 10-year, $291 million agreement to subsidize a genomic medicine center in Farmington built by the Jackson Laboratory is complex, involving multiple state agencies. Connecticut Innovations, the state’s venture capital agency, made several...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 1, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget
Connecticut taxpayers own $23.2 billion worth of stuff, including more than $10 billion of infrastructure, a quarter-million acres of land and fine art worth almost $100 million, according to the state’s property inventory for 2011. Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s office...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2012 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
State economic development officials ran 10 simulations to estimate the job creation impact of extending between $50 and $80 million to CIGNA in return for moving its corporate headquarters to Connecticut, but according to their testimony to Is over-processed on free...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 25, 2012 | Transportation
In 2010, the Department of Transportation awarded its largest contract ever: $356 million to rebuild the interchange of I-91, I-95 and Route 34 in New Haven. DOT awarded the contract, part of a $2.2 billion plan to rebuild the Q Bridge, to a joint venture of O&G...
