by Zachary Janowski | Oct 1, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s lame-duck governor is the third-worst in the country, according to a report by the Cato Institute, because of the tax increases and rise in spending under her watch. Cato, a Washington think tank, ranked 45 governors based on their spending, revenue and...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 28, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
On Sept. 15, one of the five Department of Public Utility Control commissioners, Amalia Vazquez Bzdyra, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting. According to City of New Britain parking records obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request, Bzdyra left the parking...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2010 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A concerned citizen in Stratford wrote a letter to his three representatives in Washington hoping they would oppose a change in federal policy, but their responses raise questions about how closely they read his letter. Samuel Rizzitelli, a financial planner with an...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 22, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic candidate for governor Dan Malloy made a pitch to 3,000 teachers Wednesday night during a telephone town hall, using the opportunity to attack his opponent’s commitment to education funding and make other key distinctions. Malloy referenced the state’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 21, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Pratt & Whitney announced plans to close two Connecticut facilities, the Cheshire Engine Center and East Hartford’s Connecticut Airfoil and Repair Operations, in July 2009. The company planned to move the work to Georgia, Japan and Singapore. Pratt & Whitney...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 14, 2010 | Features, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
Connecticut has spent “approximately $125,000” on signs advertising that project funding came from federal stimulus grants, according to state officials. State Recovery Act coordinator Matt Fritz said the figure includes $96,000 for signs related to transportation...
