by Zachary Janowski | May 22, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Actuaries predict Connecticut will spend $1.7 billion less than previously projected on retiree healthcare over the next 25 years because of lower-than-expected costs and a slowing rate of growth in healthcare costs around the country. With the expected savings,...
by Zachary Janowski | May 13, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
The nonprofit board that runs the Connecticut Mirror news website includes frequent political donors, most with a preference for Democrats. The Connecticut News Project is the nonprofit organization that publishes the Mirror. It is led by a 10-member board, eight of...
by Katherine Concepcion | May 6, 2013 | Economy, Energy, Features, General, Municipal
The city of Ansonia hopes to become home to an innovative power plant fueled by decomposing food in a partnership with a New York green-energy company by leasing city property to the company for $1 a year. Ansonia has collaborated with Greenpoint Energy Partners, a...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 24, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act is considered to be one of the best in the nation, but the General Assembly, which created the law in 1975, avoids its full consequences by deleting emails after three weeks. According to the Office of Legislative Management’s...
by Suzanne Bates | Apr 23, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Unseemly links between lobbyists and state government are coming to light regularly these days, serving up curious examples of loopholes in Connecticut’s ethics law, like the one allowing lobbyists to accept state jobs as long as they are with the executive or...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 22, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
The State Bond Commission will meet Friday to allocate more than $100 million in borrowed state money. Of the 31 projects on the agenda, three stand out. – $1.3 million for renovations to the Capitol and Legislative Office Building, including an “upgrade to the...
