by Zachary Janowski | Jul 18, 2011 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
With the federal government on the precipice of default if the debt ceiling is not raised and Connecticut laying off thousands of employees, a group of centrists met Friday to discuss solutions for America’s fiscal problems. No Labels and the Comback America...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 14, 2011 | Features, General
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority met for the first time July 1 – but had to adjourn for half the day because it wasn’t sure if it existed yet. PURA, part of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, is the successor to the Department of Public...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 14, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
Adding insult to injury, the State Comptroller announced state police union dues will rise 2.5 percent the same day the Hartford Courant reported 57 troopers will get pink slips. Gov. Dannel Malloy is laying off about 6,500 state employees to fill a $1.6 billion...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 12, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
The 6,500 layoffs proposed by Gov. Dannel Malloy to balance the state budget – in addition to their impact on state government – will also cut into the budgets of the unions that represent state employees. The State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition and its...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 8, 2011 | Features, General
The way states and local governments account for pensions is about to change – slowly. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit based in Norwalk, Conn., will release a draft of changes to pension accounting rules Friday. These changes will first affect...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 30, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
As part of his backup plan to balance the budget after state employee unions rejected a savings agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy is cutting state aid to towns and cities by 2.4 percent or $54.4 million. According to a memo from the Connecticut Conference of...
