by Zachary Janowski | Nov 12, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Taxes & Spending, Unions
A review of 173 cities across the country shows where five of Connecticut’s largest cities stand according to one measure of pension cost. New Haven ranks 27th and spent 10.2 percent of revenue annually on pensions, according to a study by the Center for Retirement...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 7, 2013 | Energy, Features, General
A conservation group is suing the state to force it to throw out a settlement between state officials and a wind-power company that clear-cut 2.5 acres of state forest. The Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council is suing the Department of Energy and Environmental...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 1, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch supported a special permit for a billboard on top of the Webster Bank Arena before the arena donated advertising space on that billboard to the city, which Finch is using to get more Twitter followers. Jonathan Pelto puts it together...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 31, 2013 | Features, General
Auditors repeated their criticisms Wednesday of the state agency charged with performing background checks on daycare providers, saying it did not follow up on issues raised by the reviews. The Department of Public Health uses “a highly manual process” to conduct...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch is looking for followers on Twitter and he is using billboard space donated to the city to recruit them. The billboard, visible from I-95, promotes Finch’s account, @MayorBillFinch. “The billboard space is provided to the city as free...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
The results of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s fundraising trip to California on behalf of the Democratic Party last week won’t be public until next year because he left for California immediately after the most recent reporting period ended. Both major state parties...
