by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Energy, Features, General, Politics
Twelve employees of Northeast Utilities made donations to the Connecticut Democratic Party in October, according to a monthly filing with the Federal Election Commission, as did two employees of its subsidiary Connecticut Light & Power. In all, the Democrats’...
by Jordan Otero | Nov 20, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Child advocacy in Connecticut family court could prove to be a valuable business, with attorneys billing more than $10,000 on some cases and a small circle of them managing dozens of appointments at a time. Looking at bills from five unrelated cases involving...
by Jordan Otero | Nov 19, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Approximately 90 percent of trained family court child advocates in Connecticut are not regularly assigned to cases. Nearly 1,000 people have taken the state-mandated training course to become a guardian ad litem. Around 10 percent of that number have regular...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 18, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
A Bloomfield woman acting as its treasurer allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the 2010 campaign of state Rep. Doug McCrory, D-Hartford, according to an arrest warrant affidavit, in addition to getting paid $6,600 to manage the campaign. Tanzania Cooper, 43, of...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 15, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A Stamford real estate developer must spend at least $9.7 million to receive a $25 million taxpayer contribution toward a waterfront remediation project according to documents obtained from the Department of Economic and Community Development. DECD provided two...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic state Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski of Southington didn’t run for re-election last year after a decade in the legislature, but he didn’t retire from public service either. In January, Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed Zalaski to the...
