by Zachary Janowski | Sep 5, 2013 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A new report from State Budget Solutions ranks Connecticut second-worst for pension funding, with only enough set aside to pay for 25 percent of what it owes employees and retirees. Only Illinois fares worse, with 24 percent funding, according to the nonprofit....
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 4, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The University of Connecticut awarded a $6 million contract last year without competitive bidding to speed up repair work for fear of bricks falling from the Gant Building on the Storrs campus, but the company doing the project is no longer authorized to do state...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 29, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget
The Administrative and Residual union known as P-5 just increased dues. A memo from Comptroller Kevin Lembo includes 91 dues brackets for employees based on bi-weekly pay. The bottom bracket, for employees earning between 0 and $1,000, pays $26.99 every other week....
by Jordan Otero | Aug 29, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
A New Haven bank didn’t have to look far when searching for its next executive vice president, choosing board member and outgoing New Haven mayor John DeStefano to fill the position. DeStefano has served as an active board member at START since the bank opened in...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 27, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut has distributed nearly $80 million in stem cell research grants but only two private companies received funding in the program’s seven years, with most of the money going to the University of Connecticut Health Center and Yale University. In 2011...
by Jordan Otero | Aug 21, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
Although its funding has decreased in recent years, a New Haven nonprofit with a powerful state senator on its payroll continues to receive state dollars, according to the state’s transparency website. Toni Harp, a Democrat, is the chairwoman of the...
