by Zachary Janowski | Nov 10, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
(This is a revised version of an article that originally appeared on Oct. 5.) Democratic Governor-elect Dan Malloy said in an Aug. 30 interview that he wants the state to change over to GAAP accounting the day his administration begins. “The state government requires...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 10, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Video
A program that supports new advanced placement courses with outside funding has met with repeated opposition by teachers unions who object to bonuses paid to teachers for getting students to pass. Project Opening Doors, a nonprofit affiliated with EASTCONN, supports...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 1, 2010 | Features, General, Municipal, State Budget
The 2009 municipal election in rural Sharon was marred by two instances of unseemly activity and now party leaders there are sounding the alarm that similar shenanigans could happen elsewhere in the state. David Helming, chairman of the Sharon Republican Town...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2010 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending, Video
Transcript John Mertens, Independent Party candidate for U.S. Senate: I’m John Mertens, I’m running for US Senate as an Independent in Connecticut. I’m a professor of engineering at Trinity College, I’ve been here for 20 years. I have also...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 28, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s taxes became more hostile to business over the past year, according to the Tax Foundation, which ranked the state’s policies 47th out of the 50 states. Connecticut returned to the bottom 10 of the rankings for the first time since 2006 when it ranked 41....
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 26, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Next week Connecticut will elect its 187-member legislature. Voters may be interested to learn that despite the legislature’s part-time designation, a quarter of its members don’t work another job. The 47 legislators without another income make a base salary of...
