by Zachary Janowski | May 24, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A state official reviewing the credentials of the Communist-linked New Haven People’s Center suggested routing taxpayer money through city hall to avoid a direct connection with the organization, according to documents obtained by Raising Hale. “If there is any...
by Zachary Janowski | May 21, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A recently retired state employee with almost four decades of experience, including almost 20 years overseeing grants from state bond money, first alerted state officials to problems with $300,000 in proposed funding for the New Haven People’s Center, an organization...
by Zachary Janowski | May 17, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut taxpayers owe $2.1 billion less for state retiree healthcare, according to a new report released Thursday, because actuaries changed one number used to calculate the long-term cost of the benefit. According to the Segal Company in Farmington, taxpayers...
by Zachary Janowski | May 16, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Allan Taylor, chairman of Connecticut’s state Board of Education, gave an interview with Choice Media TV a week ago while the General Assembly was still debating education reform. The video is still worth watching. Taylor and the state board remained somewhat...
by Zachary Janowski | May 15, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The Tax Foundation has a report out today on a recent Connecticut Supreme Court case that found teachers are the legal equivalent of salesmen for Scholastic, the in-school bookseller. According to the report, co-authored by former Yankee Institute intern Jordan King,...
