by Zachary Janowski | Nov 27, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s top ethics official “won’t confirm or deny” the existence of a confidential investigation into the scandal last year that tarnished the Congressional campaign of then-Speaker of the House Chris Donovan. The two top aides on Donovan’s campaign received...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 26, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A new computer system intended to streamline Connecticut’s criminal justice system is at “high risk for failure” according to a consultant report uncovered by state auditors and Attorney General George Jepsen. The Auditors of Public Accounts and...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Transportation
Eight donors affiliated with HAKS Engineers – a company paid millions a year by the state Department of Transportation – contributed $45,000 to the Connecticut Democratic Party last month. In all, the party raised a little more than $300,000 from individual...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Energy, Features, General, Politics
Twelve employees of Northeast Utilities made donations to the Connecticut Democratic Party in October, according to a monthly filing with the Federal Election Commission, as did two employees of its subsidiary Connecticut Light & Power. In all, the Democrats’...
by Jordan Otero | Nov 20, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Child advocacy in Connecticut family court could prove to be a valuable business, with attorneys billing more than $10,000 on some cases and a small circle of them managing dozens of appointments at a time. Looking at bills from five unrelated cases involving...
by Jordan Otero | Nov 19, 2013 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
Approximately 90 percent of trained family court child advocates in Connecticut are not regularly assigned to cases. Nearly 1,000 people have taken the state-mandated training course to become a guardian ad litem. Around 10 percent of that number have regular...
