by Zachary Janowski | Jun 22, 2012 | Features, General, Municipal
Sorry, Cheshire. First, Gov. Dannel Malloy gives Cheshire-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals as much as $51 million to move to New Haven. Then the “bubble” over the town pool rips. Luther Turmelle reports for the Register that since 2003 the pool “has...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 14, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Forty-one Connecticut school districts can educate two high school graduates for less than the cost of one Hartford graduate, according to Department of Education data. That means nearly half of the 111 districts reviewed are twice as efficient as Hartford public...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 12, 2012 | Features, General
Reportedly, the General Assembly will vote today to make permanent the transfer of Office of State Ethics head Carol Carson’s friend to her agency. Carson’s friend is currently working there, but only under a temporary sharing agreement with the State Elections...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 12, 2012 | Features, General
Yesterday I argued a case before the Freedom of Information Commission. Today, the General Assembly will consider a new exemption allowing the state to keep more records secret. Coincidence? Last year, I spent some time asking the Department of Economic and Community...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 4, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending, Video
Gov. Dannel Malloy cancelled plans to provide $300,000 in borrowed state money to a New Haven nonprofit with links to the Communist Party USA after military veterans shared their opposition. Previously, members of the Malloy administration had made comments...