by Zachary Janowski | Jul 23, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A Connecticut economic development official flew business class to China and stayed in three luxury hotels while on a trade mission. Ronald Angelo Jr., deputy commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, spent about $7,500 of taxpayer money on...
by Jordan Otero | Jul 17, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
Although a Hartford health center has been making improvements since the state Department of Public Health started monitoring it last year, changes have been a long time coming. Charter Oak Health Center was placed on probation as part of a consent order after state...
by Jordan Otero | Jul 16, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care
A Glastonbury doctor arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault was quietly released from employment at a Hartford health center in September 2012. Charter Oak Health Center terminated Dr. Tory Westbrook on Sept. 27, 2012, according to Charter Oak...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 15, 2013 | Education, Features, General
The Connecticut State Board of Education will decide Monday whether to apply for a waiver allowing local school districts to decide between two standardized tests to give next year, instead of forcing kids to slog through both. The testing overlap comes as Connecticut...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 12, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
A national teacher-effectiveness organization rated all but one of Connecticut’s university-level education programs poorly in its first review of more than 1,000 programs across the country. The one standout program, earning three stars from the National Council on...
by Suzanne Bates | Jul 10, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
State officials recently approved borrowing $80 million to renovate Weaver High School, with Hartford picking up the tab for another $20 million, even though three-quarters of its desks are empty. The current 370,000 square-foot school building, which sits on a 29...
