by Zachary Janowski | Oct 10, 2012 | Education, Features, Taxes & Spending
No bidders responded to a Connecticut Department of Education offer to purchase a used Learjet with fewer than 12,000 hours of flight time, forcing state officials to reconsider their plan. The Connecticut Technical High School System attempted the purchase for the...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 1, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget
Connecticut taxpayers own $23.2 billion worth of stuff, including more than $10 billion of infrastructure, a quarter-million acres of land and fine art worth almost $100 million, according to the state’s property inventory for 2011. Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s office...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2012 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
State economic development officials ran 10 simulations to estimate the job creation impact of extending between $50 and $80 million to CIGNA in return for moving its corporate headquarters to Connecticut, but according to their testimony to Is over-processed on free...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 24, 2012 | Features
Lawyers for the state are reviewing more than a decade of foreign-exchange transactions on behalf of the its pension funds to determine whether the it should sue to recover improper charges. Attorney General George Jepsen engaged a Darien-based consulting firm last...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 12, 2012 | Blog, Education, Features, General
Sharon Palmer – Communist award winner and vice president of American Federation of Teachers Connecticut – will become Connecticut’s labor commissioner on Oct. 5. In her leadership role with AFT, she emailed the union’s membership Tuesday asking them to support...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 28, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
The union striking at five Connecticut nursing homes has a well-funded pension according to one measure reported to union members, but a much less favorable position according to federally-mandated calculations. Service Employees International Union 1199 New England,...
