by Zachary Janowski | Apr 17, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget
Connecticut paid state employees $17.6 million in longevity payments this month, bonuses based on how long an employee has worked for the state. More than half the state workforce – 28,584 employees – received the payments for an average of $619, according...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 15, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Thirty5 Bar & Grille, formerly known as Reuben’s Deli, is reportedly closed, less than a year after receiving $47,500 in taxpayer money. The Small Business Express Program, run by the Department of Economic and Community Development, awards grants and loans...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 11, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
Look at the evidence. The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team just won its eighth NCAA championship. The men’s basketball team won the NCAA tournament two years ago. In 2011, the football team played in the Fiesta Bowl, part of the Bowl Championship...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 10, 2013 | Energy, Features, General
Connecticut’s green-energy bank is forming a legal entity to help advance a new solar initiative while protecting the quasi-public agency from investment losses. The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority is preparing to launch its Solar Lease 2.0 program,...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 9, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
In response to the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings, Connecticut enacted last week one of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, but the 140-page law isn’t just about limiting access to firearms. The Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Act comes...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 3, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Legislators are considering limits on a state program that allows inmates to earn time off their sentence as part of comprehensive legislation in response to the tragic school shooting in Newtown. The changes would restrict the program to only non-violent offenders....
