by Zachary Janowski | Oct 31, 2013 | Features, General
Auditors repeated their criticisms Wednesday of the state agency charged with performing background checks on daycare providers, saying it did not follow up on issues raised by the reviews. The Department of Public Health uses “a highly manual process” to conduct...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch is looking for followers on Twitter and he is using billboard space donated to the city to recruit them. The billboard, visible from I-95, promotes Finch’s account, @MayorBillFinch. “The billboard space is provided to the city as free...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
The results of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s fundraising trip to California on behalf of the Democratic Party last week won’t be public until next year because he left for California immediately after the most recent reporting period ended. Both major state parties...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 23, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
Connecticut’s lauded ethics laws allow state officials to make vague disclosures about their sources of income in some cases, but for Commissioner Dan Esty his wife’s filings as a member of Congress reveal more details than his own. Esty joined Gov. Dannel Malloy’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
State officials required by Connecticut’s popular ethics laws to disclose their income are allowed in some cases to use vague terms such as “clients” to describe how they earn a living. Most state officials required to file a statement of financial interest –...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 18, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State officials recently purchased Hartford’s Morgan Street garage, paying significantly more than its appraised value, in a move that results in a better financial picture for the Hartford Parking Authority. Last year, the city took $1.2 million from...
