by Zachary Janowski | Jan 6, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
“To the victor belong the spoils.” – Sen. William Marcy, D-NY Less than 24 hours into his administration, Gov. Dan Malloy has announced the appointment of 38 administration officials, but more than 68 positions remain to be filled. Malloy has the ability to appoint...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 29, 2010 | Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A state healthcare board approved recommendations Wednesday that call for the combination of state employees, prisoners and the poor into a single healthcare pool by 2012 and the expansion of that pool into a government-run insurance plan by 2014. The SustiNet Board...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 23, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget
The results are in. There are 308,745,538 people in the U.S., according to the 2010 Census. Connecticut’s population grew from 3,405,565 to 3,581,628, a rate of 5.1 percent since 2000. Nationwide the population grew by 9.7 percent over the last 10 years. The Census...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 22, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget
The Census Bureau announced its first batch of data Tuesday confirming Connecticut will retain its five seats in Congress, but due to population shifts and varied growth rates the state’s political lines still need to be redrawn. Eight legislators will dominate the...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 21, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget
The 2010 Census isn’t likely to be as momentous for Connecticut as the results 10 years ago announcing the state would lose one of its six seats in Congress. However, the announcement at 11 a.m. today does begin a yearlong process of tweaking Connecticut’s five...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 16, 2010 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The $1.1 trillion spending bill making its way through Congress this week includes $154 million in earmarks requested by Connecticut’s delegation, according to a database compiled by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn. Outgoing Sen. Chris Dodd requested or co-requested $120...
