by Zachary Janowski | Sep 12, 2013 | Features, General, Unions
The Connecticut Department of Labor is charged with regulating unions, but it doesn’t even know what unions, if any, fall under an annual reporting requirement. In particular, a spokeswoman said department doesn’t know if the law applies to the union coalition that...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 10, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care
Connecticut’s all-encompassing healthcare database is moving forward and looking for feedback. Residents have until Sept. 12 to submit comment on the proposed policies and procedures for the database that will collect information about every person who receives...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 6, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s Department of Education circumvented state contracting laws by giving money to a nonprofit with a specific purpose: to buy training and technology related to the state’s new teacher evaluation process. The Connecticut Association of Schools, a nonprofit...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 5, 2013 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A new report from State Budget Solutions ranks Connecticut second-worst for pension funding, with only enough set aside to pay for 25 percent of what it owes employees and retirees. Only Illinois fares worse, with 24 percent funding, according to the nonprofit....
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 4, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The University of Connecticut awarded a $6 million contract last year without competitive bidding to speed up repair work for fear of bricks falling from the Gant Building on the Storrs campus, but the company doing the project is no longer authorized to do state...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 29, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget
The Administrative and Residual union known as P-5 just increased dues. A memo from Comptroller Kevin Lembo includes 91 dues brackets for employees based on bi-weekly pay. The bottom bracket, for employees earning between 0 and $1,000, pays $26.99 every other week....
