by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2011 | General, Health Care
I will be contributing about once a month to the Health Justice CT blog. A new version of the site will launch soon, but here is my first post on why SustiNet won’t help the uninsured, the poor or the sick. Some highlights: Although some see a public option or...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 22, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
State employee unions will finish voting this week on a concession package that, if approved, could reduce the long-term cost of pensions by $7.8 billion, in addition to the more immediate savings used by Gov. Dannel Malloy to balance the state budget. The Malloy...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 17, 2011 | Features, General, Video
“So any deal that comes down the pike, if it’s union construction jobs, it’s, ‘Eureka,’” said former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland at a Yankee Institute luncheon May 25. “That’s the new Connecticut.” Rowland, co-host of “Church and State” on WTIC AM weekdays from...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 15, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
The leaders of one state employee union subgroup have written a letter asking their union not to proceed with a vote on the proposed concession package. Seven elected leaders of the Engineering, Scientific & Technical Council – also known as P-4 – wrote a June 13...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 15, 2011 | Features, General
The law merging the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Utility Control terminates all five DPUC commissioners on June 30. The terms of three commissioners – Chairman Kevin DelGobbo, Anthony Palermino and Amalia Bzdyra – were already...
